Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Pondering A Relationship With Grief

"Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you.  If they speak, you break down."   - Bede Jarrett

dancing around the edges of grief
flash frozen and hidden long ago
living memories safely stored in blocks

"It's so curious:  one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief.  But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses."   - Colette

Pondering, still just pondering . . .

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