Tuesday's Trust - Grief's Perpetual Storm

Tuesday's Trust

Grief's Perpetual Storm

Grief surrounds me

Like storm waters over my soul;

Love compounds it,

Ever reminding my heart has a hole...

Tear waters flood this holy domain

Of love for my child,

Overflowing like rain,

Buffeting life's walls, while ruins are piled.

Grief astounds me;

Its invasive forces

Trounce down upon me;

Like death's wildest horses

Crushing life as I once knew it,

Barraging sacred boundaries;

It decimates life and violently spews it.

The tears still pour down

As shoulders, they quake,

Releasing anguished sounds

Of a mother's heart as it breaks.

When will the sun ever come out

Lightening grief's heavy burden?

Oh, but the tears water Death's drought;

Love's roots, only sent deeper, undergird me.

Poem - Grief's Perpetual Storm - Angie Bennett Prince - 08/29/2012