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THROUGH DISTRACTIONS There was a time we dealt with pain and grief,Through distractions;And seeing myself now;None of that has changed; I worry about my avoidance behavior;My way of trying not to deal,Through distractions;And I wonder what will happen when it all bursts open; Wounds we never tender nor take care of;Parts of ourselves we abandon;Just…
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FAMILY MATRIARCH One of the things worse about grief;Is how empty it leaves you feeling;The changes contemplated;The memories left behind;And the more I could have done; Last of your generation;And the one who kept it all together;What happens now when you are gone;And people fall apart?You are the glue that kept us together through your…
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LETTERS TO OLUDHE Healing at times,Doesn’t mean letting go,Because we don’t want to let go;And there’s really nothing to heal from;At times it means being okay;Adjusting;Finding grace;Seeing the beauty of what it was like to have her in your life;We are miles apart, but we are here,We are very present;And you know you will always…
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WHAT HAPPENED AFTER We revisited a lot of old emotions;And I think that came from finishing our healing cycle; Some emotions just had to be let out;We once avoided writing about them, but now we release; We found beauty,And it was beautiful, it still is; New journeys find us when we least expect them,And I…
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MAYBES, AND PART OF US ONCE DOING THIS LIFE THING TOGETHER Maybe in a different life,The intimacy we once shared,The closeness we once had,And the love we once showed;Will find its way between you and I, But we won’t keep longing for it,As if beauty could only be found;In each other;We are releasing with grace;…
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