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Tag: grief

A Lantern

Hours after you leave, I sit still I feel it coming over me like a moonrise This emotion that makes its home in me For a little while, all at once Creating the tides of my heart Coming and going This feeling wants you It longs, it calls It forms words that lead nowhere Urging… Continue reading A Lantern

Published August 29, 2022
Categorized as poetry Tagged attachment, grief, healing, loss, love, poem, poetry, relationships

Instruments of the Universe

I was younger than you when my father died In the mirror I am surprised by my own hands Stronger and older than I expect Sinking into your shoulders as you tell me this I grasp you tighter By pulling your body into mine I will make you my father In the surge  Of some… Continue reading Instruments of the Universe

Published August 25, 2022
Categorized as poetry Tagged grief, healing, love, poem, poetry, self discovery
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