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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Grief


image from Magpie Tales 54
Grief is a puzzle with the pieces askew
Another part missing each time you glance
You try to find meaning but don't have a clue
Trip over your own feet in this macabre dance.

Another part missing each time you glance
You try to believe but it doesn't seem true
Trip over your own feet in this macabre dance
Your love is dead and you want to die too.

You try to believe but it doesn't seem true
You walk through your life now as if in a trance
Your love is dead and you want to die too
You can't work this puzzle-there is no chance.

You walk through your life now as if in a trance
There's dust in your heart where once lush gardens grew
You can't work this puzzle-there is no chance
No longer a framework in which to hew.

                                                                   There's dust in your heart where once lush gardens grew
                                                                   You try to find meaning but don't have a clue
                                                                   No longer a framework in which to hew
                                                                   Grief is a puzzle with the pieces askew. 

                                                                   submitted for Mag 54