Grey and Read

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.

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RedHeadedTaurus
Absolutely brilliant.



Thank you.


tip hat
boyshchrm6
Thanks RedheadedTaurus. Very much
appreciate your kind comment.
Numbness was what I mainly felt.angel
boyshchrm6
Thanks Fellsman. It was a long time ago
and yet I can still feel the numbness
and disbelief as it came quite unexpectedly.angel snowed in
niah9
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....comfort hug
boyshchrm6
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.angel comfort hug
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