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grief to relief

grief to relief

the weight of the world

The silence is deafening, from the words you don’t speak They cut like a razor blade, into the folds of my heart I can’t even hear a pin drop Not the faintest whispering of your heart. I grasp at straws…

grief to relief

sometimes

Sometimes, you have to go against your deep rooted values, even if just with the tippy-toes of your left foot, and suffer the consequences, in debilitating silence while you walk the journey of (self) forgiveness so that you can realize…

grief to relief

drop by drop

The rain know exactly when to come. Perfectly timed to fill me up with its soothing presence One drop at a time, I listen for each one. And feel the weight of it on my soul, it’s fullness in my…

grief to relief

rainwater

she wandered barefoot gliding into thin air out beyond the realm of tangibility her soul visible through her sheerness it fluttered to meet his she kissed his soul through his face his eyelids closed, she lay her lips on them…

grief to relief

purple

He left her In Purple wonder Astonished In cowardice The last man she would think Incapable of love Basic human love Fellowship But then again Integrity was not his finest quality He’d kept secrets Living in fear And she lived…

grief to relief

open wider than the hurt

I could pretend that I don’t miss you the words I hate to utter aloud and that my heart  doesn’t feel crushed as my day goes along its hums in the back of my mind tears stinging my eyes when…

grief to relief

Sipping Orzo

I sit at my kitchen table slowly sipping a warm cup of orzo gently kissed with almond milk the way it always is Ray’s soothing voice bathes the apartment watching the sun rays stream into my living room the way…

grief to relief

Unmarked Boxes (Rumi)

Oh how I love Rumi… Unmarked Boxes Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. The child weaned from mother’s milk now drinks wine and honey mixed. God’s joy moves from unmarked box to unmarked box, from cell…

grief to relief, uncut

The love of a woman…

There is no love that nurtures like the love of a caring woman wether she is loving her man, her children, her family, or strangers.   My grandfather lost his wife after 62 years of marriage, October a year and…

friendship
grief to relief

Never imagined you wouldn’t be here It’s not like we took it for granted. There was ample awareness of the sacred bond we shared. And now, in disbelief, my ears reach for your voice. It echoes in my mind, almost…

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