I Stopped To Share Your Grief

 
I try to curl my hands
around darkness
hold back
the inevitability of night
as if my will
petty as it is
can sway cosmic balances
I know nothing about

all I am is a man
simple
inelegant
but if I could hold you
just enough
to share the weight
that drags you down from loss
then maybe it won’t pull you
into fathomless depths

I know
you don’t need anyone to depend on
I can’t be your rock
don’t have it in me
but I can hold you
through some of your pain
until you can write it out
press your wrists on stained oak
and pray.....

we trudge
weary step after weary step
let me carry you
a small way
wash my hands in your tears
anoint them in
your dark plot twist

know that when you cradle
what once pulsed with life
entwined
tangled within
it was a mote of beauty turned to sadness
it cut me like a blade
slicing through the ether…

I am flesh and blood
my heart beats
I left a note
when you couldn’t

for as much love as you needed
she had it

for as much joy you would have gained
she was there to share it

every pain
she would have bled with you
and you with her

though she left this world
a darker place
I would hold tight

plunge the potential
of all she was
into the soil

hope anew

let go
softly