Am I Grieving?
I've been wondering lately--
What is grief?
Is it tears of mourning?
Pain assigned to you?
How do you know when you are grieved?
I keep feeling grief, I know that,
But the essence of it is much harder to feel
Or grasp
Or understand, even in beginnings
So the questions shifts, for me.
Who is Grief?
It almost seems to hold me in its arms,
Like a friend,
Comforting my sadness
But at the same time,
Grief's friendship puts a dagger inside you
In your heart
(Sometimes your stomach)
And twists itself out
At the same time Grief's arms let go.
Perhaps it's a teacher.
The lesson?
Sadness and pain relieve sadness and pain.
That's what Grief has taught me.
It seems like, to me, Its only knowledge.