“For Grief “ When you lose someone you love, Your life becomes strange, The ground beneath you becomes fragile, Your thoughts make your eyes unsure; And some dead echo drags your voice down Where words have no confidence Your heart has grown heavy with loss; And though this loss has wounded others too, No…
Category: grief , bereavement, loss of a loved one
SHORT POEMS: “Say no to grief” (loss of a loved one, from an older post) by Rabindranath Tagore
Say not in grief that she is no more
But say in thankfulness that she was
PET LOSS: “In memory of our little fur baby Zali” Amira
May 20th 2019 In memory of our little fur baby Zali (our 13 year old shih-tzu) Last Saturday, Zali had her last walk on the beach, the weather was beautiful, and the sun was bright and warm. I took off my shoes and walked with her on the soft white sand, nice and slow,…
POEMS: “The Lilacs” by Edgar Albert Guest (reminders of my mother, from an older post)
I ALWAYS think of mother, when
The lilac tree’s in bloom,
It seems her soul comes back again
Upon its sweet perfume.
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
“INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross” “People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed, only if there is light from within” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of…
POEMS: “I’m there inside your heart” (when facing the loss of a loved one)
Right now I ‘m in a different place,
and though we seem apart,
I am closer than I ever was…
I’m inside your heart.
POEMS: (about grief) “There is no night without a dawning” by Helen Steiner Rice
For those who leave us for a while have only gone away out of a restless, care worn world, Into a brighter day.
POEMS: “My mother kept a garden”
My mother kept a garden,
a garden of the heart.
She planted all the good things,that gave my life its start.
POEMS: “Death Is Not A Bad Thing But A Joyous Thing” (Abraham-Hicks Quote) Poem by Trina Graves
Why is it we all grieve
When someone passes on?
We’re just not connected to our truth
When we believe that they are gone
INSPIRATIONAL POEMS: “A rose once grew”
Near shady wall a rose once grew
Budded and blossomed in God’s free light,
Watered and fed by morning dew
Shedding its sweetness day and night.
POEMS: “We Only Part To Meet Again (2)” (about death, Quote: John Gay) Poem by Trina Graves
The very first time we had to depart
We don’t remember, but it’s deep in our heart
We left our true home up above
Coming to Earth to create joy and love
