The Memory Of One I Love
You can not have life without death .
You cannot have happiness without pain.
So it's been said to me in more words than this.
Grief hides around the corner, so sneaky, so real.
It comes in the smells of our favorite meals as I pass homes at dinner time.
It comes as a voice calling my name in the night.
Grief is so cunning, so smooth, I never know when were or how.
In a distance I see you walking in the sweater I bought you one Christmas.
I, so excited, speed up and want to catch up to you with my arms open wide.
In a moment, as I draw closer, I remember it could not be true
For you died a few years ago, grief still sneaks up on me out of the blue.
I get very sad, celebrations still hard and nights sometimes long.
The only things that soothe are the thoughts of a place were you may now stay
Were no pain or sadness resides for you, and you are healthy, fit, and strong,
And you understand me now, and also know I am happy and will be married soon.
I hate looking down at grass and the stone etched with few words, as I tell you
of my wedding news.
So instead, now I look up. Hey a bird, and trees, and a sky today of such a beautiful blue.
I think I'll go home, or walk in the woods, a much better place to think and share with you.
The grief doesn’t have to be awful its just there and will have to do.
People say it’s a process we all go through, I do have to say I really miss you.
-by Lisa Jo-