Thursday 10 February 2011

Learning to Grieve


No one gives you lessons
On "how to live your life"
How to cope with loss
When you become a single wife

No one has the answers
To mend a broken heart
There’s no secret knitting pattern
To stitch what’s torn apart

No one knows the depth
Of sorrow you can reach
It’s not a subject that you learn
Or something you can teach

No one else remembers now
All the memories that you hold
Those hushed night-time whisperings
Shared treasures of pure gold

No one truly understands
The guilt that still remains
The hurtful words and silences
You can’t take away their pain

No one ever tells you
That "all in life is fair"
Grief is mine and grief is yours
And some parts we can’t share

No one said it would be easy
That would be a mortal lie
Some moments there are laughter
Then all you can do is cry

No one can ever make this stop
By a kind word of phrase
A bit of comfort here and there
Will get you through these days

No one could give you lessons
On how to grieve a life
With baby steps you’ll learn your way
To be a single wife


2 comments:

  1. Sarah, I pray that your writing will find a wider audience and help others cope with the pain you express so beautifully. Hope you're comforted by our love and prayers. God bless xxx

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  2. Sarah that is an absolutely wonderful poem and enables those who don't know your grief to have an insight into it.
    May the Lord truly bless you and hold you close.
    xxx

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