Learning to Say Goodbye
Poetry

We are complex beings
That’s the beauty
of being human
We carry emotions deep
in our psyche
We’ve been hurt, wounded
and stricken by grief
Yet, no one likes to talk
about it
Can I just talk about my sorrow?
Can I say how I feel?
Why can’t you listen to it?
Is it because it will stir up
your grief too?
I have to get it out of me
— somehow
If I leave this deep sorrow
in me
my life will disintegrate
and lose its…