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Tag Archives: grief
Shadow Silence
Her tears were stifled by her mother’s grief shaming sorrow into secrecy shrouding childhood innocence like sinister clouds on a windless day crawling their shadows across blue turned gray silence had the only ears to hear and then the girl … Continue reading
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Tagged fear, grief, hidden feelings, shame
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Clyde’s Grief
He doesn’t cry, or talk it out but sometimes writes, when feelings are too deep to speak and tears too dammed to spill His mother died, he did not cry and his pen could find no words but he worked … Continue reading
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Tagged coping with loss, death, emotional pain, grief
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Imprint on My Heart
She knew they were for me God prompted her, she said when she arrived at the door The orange-sweet roses were past budding The florist lady had handed them to her Said they were too open to sell Just gave … Continue reading
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Tagged grief, remembrance, roses, thoughtfulness
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Perhaps Tomorrow
She sees an unexpected reminder of my past sorrow and falls into dread of her own anniversary date’s arrival Children are not supposed to die before their parents, it is said Hers died without warning, too soon There’s never a … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, death, grief, loss, tears
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Tree Vessel
Take me to the willow that weeps in the garden fragrant with dampness Leaves sway with the wind like an island skirt lush with green A place secret and hidden where no one can see the tears that are shed … Continue reading
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Tagged grief, Meditation, sadness, shelter, tears, trees, willow
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Driftwood (2)
The memory of her heartbreak Comes up suddenly renders it current like bare feet finding driftwood in the sand…hidden,sharp, painful, The bruise lingers long finds a place in the shadows though never far from reach She hopes there’s a beauty … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, grief, hope, memory, recovery
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Gray
Sunshine belies her feelings The only hue she sees today is gray She woke up this morning missing him. It’s been ten years since he died…Some say ‘passed away’ but she calls it like it is…he died And took with … Continue reading
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Tagged encouragement, grief, Remembering, silver linings
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Encounter with Carmen
She’s been widowed for months We see each other briefly between shifts in our weekly visits to the silent chapel Long months of care giving and now aloneness have etched her face in sorrow and fatigue She looks hungry for … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, consolation, grief, hope, touch
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Clyde’s Grief
He doesn’t cry, or talk it out It’s not his thing But he does work and sometimes writes when the feelings are too deep to speak and the tears too damned to spill His mother died He did not cry … Continue reading
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Tagged a man's grief, grief, tears
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