Grey and dread or Grey and Read Doubtful times, I'll stay in bed Grey passive cobwebbed mind Stay transfixed in one's own time Bridled grief and subdued sorrow Works unspoken until tomorrow Words of affection left to mellow Now are lost on this deathly fellow Chronicles of memories future's fade Dogged thoughts of grief pervade Cataclysmic erruptions of heart and soul One can't cry out, perhaps exact the toll Hours spent on sympathetic jestures "Take you scarf and gloves and sit here sir!" Fragrant flowers in the meadows Bury him deep beside the willows Eulogized with gracious words of wit But still the hollow empty body sits Still in shock the angry mind silently rages Your life has changed, just turn the pages.
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Posted: Jan 2011
About this poem:
For some reason memories of my uncle's funeral came to me. Perhaps the winter blues...perhaps the fond memories while he lived... I don't know. It was a numb and blurry time.
Thanks Fellsman. It was a long time ago and yet I can still feel the numbness and disbelief as it came quite unexpectedly.
niah9Auckland, New ZealandJan 26, 2011
Sometimes feelings boyschchrm.... can loom outside our senses, but return at odd moments...the way I move them to the past, is write about them...its my therapy...I hope now the memories of that time will be easier for you to handle....NIAH....
Thanks Niah. Some memories never fade, but it is life...and death is a part of that so one must accept it even if it seems unfair. We all share similar fate at some point in time.
Comments (5)
Thank you.
appreciate your kind comment.
Numbness was what I mainly felt.
and yet I can still feel the numbness
and disbelief as it came quite unexpectedly.
it is life...and death is a part of that so
one must accept it even if it seems unfair.
We all share similar fate at some point in time.