Grief

When grief begs you to stay
in bed for the day,
puts his claws on your thighs,
whispers that you owe him
in all this dark,
say no.
Say silence kills.
Say you are drowning
in something bigger than yourself
and you cannot afford the damage.
When grief offers you 
a third glass of wine,
a ride home, a chest to fall asleep on,
leave. Remember 
that everything is easier to love
in the blur.

When grief invites you
for a fourth date, 
a fifth,
another sleepover,
do not promise you will call.
Tell him there is someone waiting for you
in your house/in your skin/
in the bottom drawer of forgiveness. 
Tell him you have a life to live.
Tell him you have all of this body
that still needs to be figured out.
Say you are figuring it out.
Say you are busy.
Say exhausted.
Say I am sorry for making you
part of my plague.

Reviews

[TheLostMind]

You have hit home with this one. Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising each time we fall. Life has its own set of ups and downs in store for us. But we have to stay strong. We should never give in to the dirty tricks the mind plays to keep bring us down.

A good write.

[anne]

I love that. You're right. Thank you so much for your words!

[Kesha]

Such a heartbreaking but honest write. heartbreaking because i am sure we have all experianced this at one point or another which then in turn makes it honest. Wonderful piece.

[Chris]

If in real life it were only that easy... but you already KNEW that - didn't you.

[anne]

Yes, I knew. I think we all do.

[Aswin R Prasad]

Love this poem!
Sad but hopeful.. ;) Positive poems always gets me! ;)
Was an interesting read!

Thanks for sharing! Keep writing!

[anne]

Thank you so much!!