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Grief Poems for Norman

LynAyre February 3, 2019 - 1:50pm

Journey Through Cancer

running up

then down

my spine
no warmth

coursing through

my body

This is fear in its finest

adrenaline coursing

enlivening
preparing it for action

It's going to be alright
maybe he'll be safe

wrapped in my waiting arms

Perhaps it's okay
She might even say
'no cancer today'

She didn’t

She said METASTATIC

2. chemo tricks

Crooked Roads

MarioWilliamVitale March 5, 2018 - 1:52pm

Down crooked roads with hills and trees, there lies a cottage fair,For hundreds of years its fires have burned, to warm those living there...It stands amongst the hills and vales, proud for all to see,

The Flesh Profits Nothing

MarioWilliamVitale March 19, 2017 - 3:25pm

To have a heart that is tied up in knots when their are a dozen of pots in your sink; Can't even think

Stand The Test Of Time

MarioWilliamVitale March 18, 2017 - 7:21pm

A Shadow Of Your Smile

MarioWilliamVitale March 18, 2017 - 7:08pm

To reach with both hands into the day a humble need to bow the knee to pray laughter, smiles & love Illumination You sought a solution from the pain not having you in my arms is driving me insane We will walk hand and hand together we will come to understand

Tissue Box

Stephanie Spezia April 11, 2015 - 11:58am

After the sudden passing of my youngest sister and then within months, my husband passed as well, I was carrying around tissue boxes everywhere I went. I began to measure my grief progress by how many boxes I had.

Grief is Not a Competition

aimeed October 13, 2014 - 8:03pm

Grief is not a competition “Well I was married for 30 years!” the woman cried, eyes indignant, almost challenging me. This was the reaction of a friend’s grandmother when she found out I was widowed too. She clearly thought her pain of loss was much worse.

Grief Mountian

Stephanie Spezia August 25, 2014 - 2:13pm

After losing my husband, soulmate, lover, best friend and sounding board, I did not know where to go or what to do. The funeral was over. Friends and family went home and on with their lives. My house which was filled with people was suddenly empty. The hospital bed that my husband used was gone.

Heavenly Butterflies

Laura Kutney December 18, 2013 - 5:34pm

Heavenly Butterflies Gorgeous lives go flying byInto deep blue azure skies Exquisite wings, so decorated

A Love Letter to my Father Regarding our Never-to-be-Broken Bond

Laura Kutney December 10, 2013 - 9:19am

After my father took his life five years ago, I was completely devastated and broken. I cried rivers of tears until my eyes were so swollen that I could barely open them. For a few days following his death I hallucinated that birds were flying around in my house---and I was not on drugs.

After the initial shock wore off a bit, I went through all the stages of grief again and again. I think I will always be going through grief in smaller ways throughout my life.