Grief

On February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 By Alethea KehasIn Poems

there is no map for grief

this I know

grief is water

raging the chambers of the heart

grief is noise

ugly

loud

heart-breaking

grief is the absence of touch

the ache of memory inside skin

grief is silence

where beauty dwells

with love

16 thoughts on “Grief”

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Dear Alethea, so very beautiful…. you touch the universal and the deeply personal all at once. Picturing Daisy with a halo of light, inside your heart, roaming free!

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February 12, 2015 at 1:54 pm Reply
1. Alethea Kehas
  
  Thank you, my friend. I knew it would be hard, but I suppose one can never be prepared. Yes, my heart. When she passed I felt her presence there immediately. It was so strong and filled with love. The kids did too, it was quite beautiful. She’s everywhere and nowhere and that knowing brings out the extremes of emotions in me. ❤
  
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  February 12, 2015 at 1:59 pm Reply
alienorajt

Oh, Alethea, I am so sorry to hear of Daisy’s passing; you have expressed the grief feelings so beautifully. My heart goes out to you. xxx

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February 12, 2015 at 2:34 pm Reply
1. Alethea Kehas
  
  Thank you, Ali. Healing is not an easy road, is it? ❤
  
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  February 12, 2015 at 3:02 pm Reply
  1. alienorajt
    
    No, it is a road with many twists and turns and sudden blind spots and ups and downs, but it leads to somewhere new. xxx
    
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    February 12, 2015 at 9:55 pm
Kuruk

We are all so sorry for your loss! Daisy will be by the Rainbow Bridge: http://www.newrainbowbridge.com/NRB/rbpoem.htm

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February 12, 2015 at 7:11 pm Reply
1. Alethea Kehas
  
  Thank you Kuruk and your momma ❤
  
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  February 12, 2015 at 8:19 pm Reply
Running Elk

{{{{Alethea}}}} I was doing all right till all the words in the picture hit me! xxx

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February 12, 2015 at 8:48 pm Reply
1. Alethea Kehas
  
  Sorry, the grief is still raw, and writing is my natural way of processing it ❤
  
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  February 12, 2015 at 8:52 pm Reply
  1. Running Elk
    
    No need to apologise… it is a genuinely beautiful piece that allows the reader to share that space with you for a moment… Thank you for letting us in. 🙂 xxx
    
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    February 12, 2015 at 9:03 pm
  2. Alethea Kehas
    
    Thank you for sharing my grief ❤
    
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    February 12, 2015 at 10:06 pm
Sue Vincent

Oh Alethea, I am so sorry. Yes, it must be raw… but the bear is right.It is a beautiful piece. xxx

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February 13, 2015 at 7:40 am Reply
1. Alethea Kehas
  
  Thank you, Sue ❤
  
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  February 13, 2015 at 1:15 pm Reply
  1. Sue Vincent
    
    Hugs xxx
    
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    February 13, 2015 at 1:18 pm
Melissa Goodman

I am just reading this today. I am so sorry Daisy has left this world. She is shining soul I am glad to have met. ❤

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February 17, 2015 at 11:10 pm Reply
1. Alethea Kehas
  
  Thank you, Melissa. I miss her dearly and it was so very hard, but necessary, to let her go. She was very sick.
  
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  February 17, 2015 at 11:13 pm Reply