Tonight I Grieve

A poem about the painful process of grief.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tonight I Grieve

There’s a hole in my heart tonight

It’s burning within my soul

It’s dark and heavy where it rests there’s no light

My soul tonight is so low,

Nothing glows where it grows.

 

Drowning in a deep torrent of grief

One where there no sign of relief

I yearn to be with a life that was too brief

To me death now has mystique

To one day join the one I love

I must have faith and believe.

 

Until then I’ll remain behind in disbelief

Time was too short for us, too hard to keep

Now I cherish what I had and yearn to make the

Most of what I have because in God I believe.

I look up to the Lord even when I grieve.

 

Author's Note

Grief is always this way for me. It's a burning deep in my soul. I literally feels like a fiery inferno. It's this yearning to be close to the one I love. I yearn to cross over and sit with them and hold them while I grieve. I'm so sad that I'm apart from them. My heart just wais because I can't see them and touch them. I yearn to hear them too.

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Desperately sad words most of us can understand - even if we can't express them in this beautifully poignant way.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Thank you for sharing.

[Short.Nerd]

So sad! ):

[M Garcia]

Sadness that you can feel. Not something you can easily share with someone. Thank you for sharing.

[Eric Cox]

Much sadness penned here, death is beyond harsh when we lose those we love and yearn to see them, hope light touches your life. This poem is penned nicely, fine work.

[Goodbye]

Oh Marie, this is just so raw, so good. I feel you and I'm with you...

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well you touched the feeling of grief perfectly..it tears at your heart..

[India Brooks]

Tears are gathering in my eyes... such a beautiful portrait of your grief. So moving, touching and incredibly sad. What a wonderful, wonderful poem.

[JanieB]

So sad. Well written.

[Michael of Gilead]

Devastatingly poignant