Again as we turn to grieving
in the stories of
us
of which, I know little of how
to
counsel
except to say it is good, for a time
to sit quietly with this
in our own stunned silence and devastation
good also, to
laugh
to cry, to say and to feel stories
large and small
of those we love, of those
we shall not ever really
lose
of those that take their own little pieces of us
when they go
yet in exchange it seems,
for the bits that we so desperately
hold on to
the small wedges we feverishly hammer into place
in our own hearts, to fill the void
left gaping open
as to not let in… the cold <\/p>\n\n\n\n
indeed, these small fragments feel\u00a0
inadequate\u00a0
as to what it\u00a0is,\u00a0we wish to hold\u00a0
but this is love\u00a0
\u00a0
this is the love that surrounds us\u00a0
when we are in need\u00a0
that allows us to open our eyes on the morning sun\u00a0
forgetting for the briefest moment\u00a0
that we are doomed to another crush of\u00a0
days<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this too is love when someone reaches us
in tenderness, in awkwardness\u00a0
or in\u00a0\u00a0
grace\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this is how we know we will perhaps
make it to the evening\u2019s
stars
in the darkest sky
where again we may cry out in questions
of how and why
and when
might this hollowing out of one\u2019s heart
ever end <\/p>\n\n\n\n
this is love that allows us to breathe
deeply or
desperately or somehow unconsciously
through days of
living
without <\/p>\n\n\n\n
this is the love that holds\u00a0
that hurts, and too\u00a0
that\u00a0\u00a0
heals\u00a0
\u00a0
this is love\u00a0
\u00a0
of its blessing or its\u00a0
curse\u00a0
it has in its gentle power\u00a0
just what we\u00a0\u00a0
need\u00a0
to see us through\u00a0
\u00a0
and in this kind of love\u00a0
to fail, to fall\u00a0
to quietly or unknowingly\u00a0wander through\u00a0
this again,\u00a0\u00a0
is where I\u2019ll meet you\u00a0
\u00a0
with a warm glass of comfort
and arms\u00a0\u00a0
large enough to hold
all
of you \u2665 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Again as we turn to grieving in the stories of us of which, I know little of how to counsel except to say it is good, for a time to sit quietly with this in our own stunned silence and devastation good also, to laugh to cry, to say and to feel…
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