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

[Black Cat Fever]

This is so very sad and tragic.

[Tina Kline]

Very tragic, grief and pain that leaves a hole in ones life. I know time doesn't always heal all but I hope time helps you.

[sarah]

Grief is a terrible thing!

[Cynthia]

I am very sorry for not reviewing you for long!!
I am working on tests, sorry!
I love this peice of poetry!
it's touching

[TAO]

Ah, Marie Harrison, your heart can be seen, here. This is too intense for me. I'll not say I feel your pain, but it's hard to ignore. As far as the poem goes, overall... Well said.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

The came from the depths. My..my..my..
How could you possibly unearth this?
I am in awe.

[Wondering Mind]

painfully sad.
I hush these cries with the sweet memories of the one lost. It soothes the blisters of the burning grief.

[Robin]

words felt ..

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

each line awakens the box of my own memories where my loved ones still breathe~ though from beyond~ your poem describes movingly the deepest depths of my own personal mourning and ache when grandmother, and when father died~

[Liza]

i know the feeling; you wrote this beautifully and paid tribute to the life that was taken and the sadness you feel.