Astaria DÁrci - Whispering Echo
Growing Grief
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2 min readMar 25, 2024

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Image by: Sunset weeping willow (Heaven) by jplenio on Pixabay

Weep for me

-A poem of grief and processing loss

If the weeping willow could weep for me

It would take away the pain that you cannot see

The depths of my angst and sorrow

Intervenes on all my tomorrows

With thoughts of all that has been lost

I couldn’t know what it would be like now you’ve crossed

But now that you have

The ravine is so wide I can only imagine you on the other side

Watching over us now and then

Between seeing all your friends

Together again you and your loved ones

It must be a time to share

To talk about things that went on in this life

As we down here learn ways to live without you in the afterlife

So, if the weeping willow could weep for me

I would beseech it to weep loud and long

Wave its arms around

Stamp on the ground

Its leaves would float on the breeze

It would fall to its knees

Tears gushing from its trunk

Flooding the terrain where it is rooted to earth

Shaking and shimmering to bear the pain

Until the water began to wane

When there are no more tears for the ground to soak

When the streaks and pools have dried leaving a stain

The stain would remain

As a reminder of the loss of you, here with us in the physical

Because tears, anger, and hopelessness are all in vain

There is no bringing you back, not even for a day

You are gone for good and none of us are here to stay

Our lives are so short and over in a flash

It’s sad to think we sometimes treat it as though it was balderdash

It is a serious business living a life, taking the good with the bad and sometimes even strife

But making the most of what we have each day as it comes

Can bring us peace and way more than crumbs

If we can see it for what it is, a blessing and a gift

We may even make a shift

To a better place inside where we don’t hide

Who we are and what is important with less discordant

My mum, I know what she would say

Don’t worry just be happy and do your best every day.

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