What is Bereavement
Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has a physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and philosophic...
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Tuesday November 24, 2009
Poetry
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i wrote this poem about a month and a half ago, about those days before and after the funeral. the alumni association at my school was holding a poetry contest, so i entered it and won third place. i posted it here, so you can read:
Pick Six
In soft upholstered seats, we sat—
five lucky, wet-eyed front-row patrons—
and lifted our feet as your roots snuck and crawled under them
(and those o...
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Opening presents and blowing out the candle on your cake
These are all things in which you should partake
On this very special day - your first birthday
We can’t celebrate in the traditional way
Instead, a cake I made of artificial flowers - blue and white,
Will be left for you at your grave site
Balloons will be sent to you up above
With notes from your loved ones expressing their love
A special m...7 Recommendations29 Comments -
No, it doesn't get easier with time.
The sun continues to rise,
to shine warmly on those who walk
this earth, living the life of
innocence.
Unaware of the formidable pain that is just
a breath away from any of them.
They don't understand what if feels
like to be empty inside,
to lack depth,
to be a shell of the person they once were.
And, mercifully they will forever live
the life of the unaware.
In m...3 Recommendations17 Comments -
This was in the lastest Compassionate Friends newsletter. Just thought it was worth sharing. I think I'm also going to email it to a bunch of my friends.
If They Only Knew
If only they knew that when I speak of him, I am not being morbid. I am not denying his death. I am proclaiming his life. I am learning to live with his absence. For 26 years (28 for me) he was a part of my life, born, nurtur...2 Recommendations13 Comments -
fuck the doctors
they can suck my dick
almost left me to die in the er sick
said i was not ashmatic
i almost died in the street
coughing but no one cared to see
screw the haters i'ma live to be my own player
i just got my onw taste of fucked up reality
now it is about my money
tired of gettin bullied by the mothafuckn system
all my life was people's victim
now i am now gonna portray confidence
fuck t...3 Recommendations12 Comments -
Well ladies the second anniversary has come and gone and I'm still here. The tears have dried for the present moment and I'm in a flat spot, emotionally.
I spent the 28 making two collages of John's pictures, one from a baby to an adult and one as an adult to his death. I think they are wonderful. The capture him in all his moods and in all parts of his life, from sleeping on the...1 Recommendation14 Comments -
i need the love of me
to believe in only me
so i can love thee
in a more readily fashion
my life loses passion
when i sulk about the past
people will be bad
but i can choose the silent golden path
to be happy to laugh
yes i do feel sick and stressed
it is hard to caress the sun
but i am a new one
who sees love as the kingdom
i feel like we forsake ourselves
for others to tell
us how to live well
sacrificin our ...7 Recommendations8 Comments -
What A Grieving Mother Really Thinks
Hello old friend,
Oh yes you know
No, no please
Don't look away
And change the subject
It's ok.
You see at first I couldn't feel,
It took so long, but now it's real.
I hurt so much inside you see
I need to talk,
Come sit with me?
You see, I was numb for so very long,
And people said, "My, she is so strong".
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new year in gear
i feel the pressure
is in mind
time to let all out tonite
i was feelin a bit down
then i looked inside
i felt blind inside
i felt weak cuz i had an illness
why did i feel such BS
i am on DS
gettin all this help
yet i feel i have shit to prove to whom
my mind is fragile like a woman's womb
in need of love i talk to mom
then i ask god why am i lettin on
thoughts of despair
found out i needed...4 Recommendations10 Comments -
Life is too short to wake with regret. So love he people who treat you right. Love the ones who don't just because you can. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Kiss slowly. Forgive quickly. God never said life would be easy. He just promised it would be worth it.1 Recommendation13 Comments
