for the families

[devohoneybee]

Today's Grief

I keep thinking of hits, of
taking a hit,
first fear,
then elation, then the sucker-punch
of loss,
falling farther than the seam
they've dug,
and more black.
And the electric mad
possession,
feelings like
a god within,
dangerous and
cold.

I worry for their
electrolytes,
and for the ones who fainted,
and the ones whose trust
was skewered on a word.

There will be
some mad revenge:
like Oedipus,
with spikes for eyes
or a fever spiked
with grief

Comments

[rhi]

::nodding:: Yes. To have their hopes raised, and then dashed against the ground and its open chasms that now hold their grief. Yes. Cruelty. Where are the Kindly Ones when they should be called?

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

then the sucker-punch
of loss,

Now that's an image.

[teresa-c.livejournal.com]

Amen, sister.