Grief

Violent winds assault the house
Inside, a vacuum of stillness
Suffocating restless gasps
Stagnant sobbing breaths
Hovering near the edge
Of to have and to hold
Weary heavy weightlessness
Grayness, dull and lingering
The aching, the endless aching
The desiring, the endless want
Empty hope, nothingness
Tears tears tears

Copyright 2005 by Lorraine Dolores Ledger. All Rights Reserved.


Thinker (Wiping a Tear), acrylics on paper, 2006 by Lorraine Ledger