These words from the heart have touched me deeply.

I am printing this out to keep. Thank you.

Love your poem and your blog.

I echo Claire Jean, definitely food for thought.
Surprise! Perhaps I want my grief too, as it visits me without me doing anything.
It hangs around long past its welcome? I was just thinking today of wadding it up in a ball and cutting it into little pieces. But that did not make it go away.

Wonderful poem. Grief has a way of popping up even many years later and maybe that is because we want it to, rather than loose that very sad feeling.

I think loss and grief and the processing of the feelings are very important. Thank you Michael for so eloquently pointing that out to us.

Dear Michael,

I am so sorry for your loss.

Your poem was touching and I
hope that you find great comfort in the very near future.

Dear Michael - how telling your words "it comforts me - I want it" - it is so true sometimes the grief itself is a comfort - we fear to lose it - and therefore lose everything - but we don't lose our love or memories of that love.
Beautiful poem.