Grief

Grief comes in waves

Washing over us

When we least expect

Asking us to surrender

To the pain

To the loss

To the darkness

Forcing us to our knees

To acknowledge

What we have lost

Sinking us into the pit of despair

Calling us out

When we think

We can grieve no more

When we think

The pain has passed

Grief comes back again

To remind us of what we had

Asking us to surrender

To the depths of despair

Washing over us

Again and again

Sometimes every day

Other times every week

Sometimes every year

Grief asks us to listen

To our hearts

Open our hearts

Grieve for all that was

Then it recedes leaving us breathless

But grateful for the memory

Of the pain of our loss

Taking us back to the way things were

Allowing us space to know

What we lost was real

Even when others forget

We never do

Because grief comes back to remind us

So instead of pushing grief aside

Instead of pretending it does not exist

Embrace grief when it comes

Even when we least expect

Because grief help us

To heal

To feel

To know

What we lost was real

Giving us the ability

To love again

Trust again

Because we know

What we lost

Remains

Always in our hearts

In our souls

In our memories

Reminding us that we are more 

Than the physical

More than what we see

Grief allows us a glimpse

Into the well of infinity

Where existence does not cease

But moves on to a different dimension

Washing over us in the form

Of grief

Asking us not to let go

Of the memory of what was

Because we are always connected

Sometimes through a phrase

Sometimes through an action

Sometimes through a piece of music

Sometimes through the sound of the wind

The sound of the rain

Sometimes through the face of another

Grief always come back

Not to close our hearts

Not to keep us in the dark

But to set us free

To spread our wings

To know that what we lost

Forevermore remains