Holding space for that
Unimaginable grief
Ripping Hearts apart
Holding space
grief
Kinds of grief
There is a different
Kind of grief you feel
When you leave a home
You can never return to
When you leave
Friends you may never see again
There is a different
Kind of grief
You feel
When you can’t go back
But going forward
Also seems impossible
There is a different
kind of grief
You feel
But it is still grief
A five letter word
That swallows you whole
Prayers
Prayers without words
Feeling the grief, love-relief
God always with us
Different kind of grief
When those we love hurt
There’s a different kind of grief
Hold them close hearts hug
A season of loss
A Season of loss
Punctuated by a season of loneliness
Reminds us of
all those we hold dear
Reminds us of
all those we held dear
We reach out
Pulling closer to
Those who truly matter
It be like that
Sometimes sleep play hard
To get- it be like watch
sunsets and sunrises
Sister
The darkest night of the year
It started in a classroom and ended in a hospital room
A piercing scream
Lumineers “Ophelia” on repeat
A mass shooting
A room so cold Filled with beeping
Snacks and a few pictures
That I thought would cheer you up
Because memories are sacred
And I wanted to hold on
To as many of them as possible
You came back for a second
To say goodbye
But then you were gone
And we were left to
Remember you
And your sources of happiness
Proof
You want proof,
evidence of the value of
Our lives
While still denying
What is right in front of you
Endless bloodshed
Based on fear.
While ignorance, blindness and silence
That we can never afford
To have
Takes
Our lives
D.S. Hollie 