This is for my friends who are grieving…

This is for my friends who are grieving…

As a pup, I can feel the grief that hides inside you…
Nourishing itself on itself…
Like a hole in your best pair of britches…
In that same sing song voice.

Yes, life can be brutal…
Leaving wounds, some that will never go away…
Why do humans imagine them over and over in every detail?
Until the camera turns dizzy.

Can I come and share some words?
For just one minute can you step out of sadness’s way?
Take a deep breath and try to let go…
Even if it feels like no other option fits in your brain.

Perhaps being sad holds a powerful meaning…
I believe there are notes in the margin of the book…
Hold it like a mother holds her baby…
And in time it will go to sleep.

Right now, it’s like a horse in a sideways canter…
300 days from now it will be different…
That urge for more life is like a child waiting at your door…
Have the courage to let her in.

I love you,

Annie