Tears of Living

30 Saturday Jan 2016

Posted by P Moorman in Family, Inspiration, Life

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consoling, death, grief, happiness, mourning, poems, Poetry, sadness, sorrow, tears

May the tears of sorrow
flow long enough
to overcome sadness,
leaving our hearts open
to smile through
tears of happiness.

Healing Without Her

08 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by P Moorman in Family, Love

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death, family, grieving, healing, love, poems, Poetry

Grandma knew the cures
for scraped knees and upset tummies;
she even had advice for healing
broken hearts and troubled souls;
her kind ways minimized scarring
from the inevitable falls in life.

But I wish she’d shared the secret
of how I’d survive without her,
or how to get over missing her
when holidays and birthdays roll ’round.

Maybe only time can heal this wound.

Drowning in Grief

28 Monday Apr 2014

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death, family, grief, healing, inspiration, life, love, poems, Poetry, recovery

She died, and my head felt dizzy as if water surrounded me,
searching for my bearings as I struggled to accept the loss.
And then he died, and I felt engulfed in tidal waves,
ebbing and flowing between my loss and his new peace.
But I’m now caught in an eddie in the sea of grieving,
kicking to stay afloat; stroking to soothe my soul as yet
a younger family member is unexpectantly called home.

Yet I know I’ll not drown for my life raft of inner strength
keeps me afloat as I row toward calmer days.