Grief
You have stricken me
Heavy and slow
Drowning in molasses
Feeling like my ass was just kicked
Relentlessly
Will I ever come out of this?
And be able to breathe?
Bricks on my chest
Can’t get up
Too heavy
yet
Need to move
What if I die here?
Will anyone find me here?
Does anyone even care?
Alone
Isolated
Grieving
Only I can understand what I’m leaving
Behind
It is personal
And unforgettable
Fucking get through it
You can do it
One breath at a time
One moment in time
Feeling never ending
And then,
A new beginning
Spring always comes
Even on the coldest nights
When you stop the fight
Against the grief
Is when
It passes
With ease
Like an ocean so deep
Pulling you up
To breathe
The wave swallows you whole
With no reprieve
Spitting you out
To the surface
Just when you thought
You you wouldn’t
Make it through this
And then
Ease
Breath
A lightness
Do anything but fight this
Relax
Relax
Relax
This too shall pass