Grief Poems

I lit a candle tonight, in honor of you Remembering your life, and all the times we’d been through. Such a small little light the candle made until I realized how much in darkness it lit the way. All the tears I’ve cried in all my grief and pain what a garden they grew; watered with human rain. I sometimes […]

The clock of life is wound but once And no man has the power To tell just where the hands will stop, At late or early hour. To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed, To lose one’s health is more. To lose one’s soul is such a loss As no man can restore. The present

Grieving is not a short-term process; it’s not even a long-term process; it’s a lifelong process. ‘Having a future’ now means that although your life will flow again, it will flow differently as a result of the loss. Your grief will become incorporated into your life history, become a part of your identity. And you