TERRITORY OF GRIEF

TERRITORY OF GRIEF

Some have walked here before.

For us, they can only open the door.

I know so many truths

and then

I don’t.

I am light

I am life

I am love

I am blessed.

Some days I stop

thinking about the rest.

I will know when it’s time

to put away

examining the past

day by day.

Like flowers bloom and rain falls

there are cycles to our lives after all.

For every darkness leads to light

if I trust through this night.

If I let the new day in

I can find hope in where I’ve been.

[LJ Austin 4-27-23]