GRIEF IS HERE TONIGHT
grief is here tonight.
unexpected visit from a dear old friend. oh so familiar sensations.
cloudy eyes. heavy heart. tight throat. achy shoulders.
everything slows down. like moving through cotton.
welcome grief.
make yourself comfortable. let us sit and spend time together in the garden of my soul.
you can, in fact, stay for as long as you want. may you be my sacred guest.
how can I best serve you? are you here to collect the cleansing water of my eyes?
will you whisper tales of lost ones and unsuccessful enterprises?
by all means. I am all ears. I am not afraid of your darkness.
not afraid. to embrace the little girl inside my heart who desperately miss her mother.
not afraid. to be reminded of all the wishes that never came to completion.
instead I sing a song for each and every one of my hopes, prayers and dreams
that simply weren’t meant to be answered.
I lean into the sadness and let my tears wash it all away.
I open myself to your potent medicine.
trusting that I will receive the healing that I need today.
knowing that I will once again be reborn from the ashes of your slow burning fire.
