my heart
holds yours
today
anniversaries
of their life
of our loss
demarcations
of
gone-ness
leave me
hollow and
bereft
grief is not
a straight
line
no matter
how hard I would like
it to be
in the cracks
in your heart
may joy take seed
may comfort
and understanding
water those seeds
may the rain
will them
into being
so when
you’re ready
joy may bloom
and life will go on
as you grow around and through
unfathomable grief
