If Only
No, I will not grieve
for loved ones lost.
Sorrow that follows
their passing will bow
to celebration for life
and moments shared.
So I tell myself, yet
grief refuses to yield,
despite the celebration.
This my response to No! Vember, the prompt form Sarah at dVerse ~ Poets Pub.
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Dichotomy indeed. Ken. Fine work. Thanks.
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Thank you, sir.
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In maturing i have learnt gratefullness and thanks for those you have passed that i had the privilege of having shared in their lives.
Nice one Ken.
Much💛love
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Thank you, Gillena.
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Grief has a way of hanging on!
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That it dioes.
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We have just lost a very dear friend, so this poem really spoke to me. It’s a hard balance, but I think grief is a good thing, overall.
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I agree. It can be an affirmation of the connection we had.
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And thank you for the prompt!
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It is so easy to say we should celebrate life at someone’s death… but that is always so very hard.
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So true.
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It’s always both/and. (K)
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Indeed.
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Grief never yields until memory yields. I’d rather have the grief than lose the memories.
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Sometimes it’s the memories that sustain us.
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Heads and hearts cannot reconcile in grief. Time may soften the stance of each…
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