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Grief's Five Phases: A Poetic Reflection

Writer: Mabel's Looking GlassMabel's Looking Glass


Denial rings

Like the final

Warning bell;

With fear and sorrow

Unbelievable.

Unthinkable

Is it truth they try to

Force at me?

It's all lies-

It has to be

By tomorrow,

You will be back,

Laughing by my side.

Or sitting there

on the brown leather couch

Like forever, always, before.


Anger comes crashing in

Like the stormy waves

Of a putrid grey sea.

It rises up and

Drowns me under

The all-encompassing expanse

Of an open ocean.

All the yelling and destruction

Is just a by-product of

A terrible situation.

Questions without answers

Only to be asked for eternity...

He left me here,

Something more than

I can seem to understand


Bargaining with almighty

I'll give anything

For this time

To simply rewind.

Desperation fuels

Every action,

Scrambling against

Fate itself.

Something or someone out there

Must be willing

To make the deal

To return things to

Their rightful level.

It is not just another deal,

Not just another bargain.



Depression crashes down

Burying me under

Six feet of ground.

Passers after passers

Wonder at all the trouble.

Faded senses,

Sinking deeper than

Comprehensible.

Wet skin, covered in

Tear stains;

Depression is a wave

That comes and goes

With each of these

Never-ending passing days



Acceptance sings a tune

Through my bones

Up to my brain

Into my heart

Where I know

They're still here...

Acceptance rings crystal clear

The answer to an

Unanswerable inquiry.

They would not have

Wanted me to feel fear

Nor sorrow or sadness

But cheer and good will

Remembering through memories

Not the sadness

Acceptance always surfaces last

But always heals those wounds

That show scars of the past.


I love you papa, until the end of time <3

~mj



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