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Grief Came to my Door
Thom Woodruff
Camped there. Decided to stay
Would I feed the strangers? Encourage more?
Tears later, decisions made. WELCOME GRIEF IN!
Of course, she was demanding - time, energy, listening
But she had a certain way of seeing things
that fed my imagination. My days were spent with her.
Regrets? Yes! - but grief has a certain majesty/a serious quality
that gave me back both depth and significance. You see-
I have avoided death and dementia, disability and destruction
instead of assimilating them - then moved on. Tears unexpressed
coming out as rage. “Anger is an energy” quotes John Lydon
Well, I invited Grief in. I listened to her stories.
She had been suffering. Once she felt she had been heard - she left
And I grieve for her. No more.
