A Poem of Grief

My eyes:

swollen,

red,

raw from careless fingers

brushing at them

blurred with freshly fallen tears.

My lips:

pursed,

quivering,

unable to find words,

let alone speak

dry from the constant gasps for air

between sobs.

My shoulders:

curled in,

tense and sore,

holding a head cast downward

exhausted from carrying the weight

of this grief.

My heart:

lost in the immense depth

of this grief.

Longing,

yearning,

for the hands of time

to turn back

and change everything.

My lungs:

robbed of oxygen,

fighting to breathe.

Crushed by the weight of

each loss,

each disappointment,

each betrayal.

My senses:

electrified,

alert and aware,

searching for control,

surrounded,

by feelings of powerlessness.

My mind:

dizzy among these waves,

desperately trying to stay afloat,

searching for solid ground,

continuously swept up,

in the ocean of my pain.

written by Shanon