Tuesday, 15 May 2012
My Grief
By Michael Gorodezky who blogs at Thin Ice of a New Day
Perhaps the wound is not a metaphor?
The wound is forever.
It is alive.
It grows and shrinks.
Sometimes others can see it.
Mostly I keep it hidden.
It comforts me.
I can keep it forever
The wound is not infected..
It hurts less today than when ...
It will never go away.
I want it.
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These words from the heart have touched me deeply.
I am printing this out to keep. Thank you.
Posted by: Claire Jean | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 08:31 AM
Love your poem and your blog.
Posted by: Lyn Burnstine | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 11:46 AM
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.
Posted by: joanne zimmermann | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 11:56 AM
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.
Posted by: Johna Ferguson | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 06:28 PM
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.
Posted by: Mary B Summerlin | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 08:00 PM
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.
Posted by: Nancy | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 08:36 PM
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.
Posted by: Jeanette | Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 03:26 AM