FLOOD GATE.

SOMETIMES THE SADNESS IS LIKE A
FLOOD GATE . ONCE IT IS OPEN
EVERYTHING IS DECIMATED WITH THIS ACHE .

IT IS A TIDAL WAVE RUSHING IN TO FILL
UP THE CRACKS AND YOU ARE SOAKED.
YOU ARE COLD TOO AND YOU SHAKE .
THAT IS WHAT GRIEF CAN DO IT TAKES
YOU BY SURPRISE AND WITH A
FEROCITY THAT BITES THROUGH
BONES AND EVERY SINEW OF YOU
AND YOU WAIT QUIETLY FOR YOUR
INSIDES NOT TO BREAK .

AND YOU BITE DOWN HARD ON YOUR LIP TO STIFLE THE CRY OF FEELINGS YOU DON'T LIKE • YOU PRAY FOR A MIRACLE THAT YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF EVERY SECOND OF TIME NOT THIS SADISTIC FREAK  SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT SECOND HAND FASTER.
YOU DESPERATELY NEED TO CLOSE THAT GATE BUT YOU CAN'T FIND THE LOCK AND KEY.

SO YOU WAIT WITH THE SOUND OF YOUR HEART BEATING COUNTING DOWN IN A CRESCENDO OF RHYTHMIC BEATS .IT IS ALMOST HYPNOTIC BUT IT IS RELENTLESSLY DRIVEN . IT'S ON OVER TIME

YOU THOUCH JUST WANT A BIT OF PEACE AND NOT FEEL LIKE YOU ARE DYING WHILE
TRYING TO LIVE. GRIEF IT REALLY KNOWS
HOW TO CONQUER AND DIVIDE.