responding with grief<\/p>\n
to moments of joy<\/p>\n
shared with loved ones<\/p>\n
that are suddenly<\/p>\n
no longer with us,<\/p>\n
is memory so fickle<\/p>\n
that it turns from love and joy<\/p>\n
in an instant to grief ?<\/p>\n
the purity that lay in that moment<\/p>\n
altered and prejudiced forever<\/p>\n
by ever changing forms<\/p>\n
of memory<\/p>\n
by fear of emptiness<\/p>\n
by fear of loss.<\/p>\n
hoping the tears<\/p>\n
will wash away<\/p>\n
those fears,<\/p>\n
leaving behind<\/p>\n
just purity<\/p>\n
of love<\/p>\n
unfettered by loss,<\/p>\n
for<\/p>\n
the mystery of death<\/p>\n
being no greater than<\/p>\n
that of birth<\/p>\n
like two eternal lovers<\/p>\n
entwined,<\/p>\n
one has no existence<\/p>\n
without \u00a0the other,<\/p>\n
but birth<\/p>\n
brings no memory<\/p>\n
no carbuncles on its hull<\/p>\n
but only wonder,<\/p>\n
and death<\/p>\n
leaves a lifetime of memories<\/p>\n
of associations<\/p>\n
of fear<\/p>\n
of loss,<\/p>\n
let the memories<\/p>\n
be dissolved<\/p>\n
in my tears<\/p>\n
leaving an<\/p>\n
overwhelming<\/p>\n
sensation<\/p>\n
of love<\/p>\n
like birth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
responding with grief to moments of joy shared with loved ones that are suddenly no longer with us, is memory so fickle that it turns from love and joy in an instant to grief ? the purity that lay in that moment altered and prejudiced forever by ever changing forms of memory by fear of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"yoast_head":"\n