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([personal profile] joebanks Dec. 30th, 2023 12:30 am)
My Grief poem in its latest incarnation.

Grief is;
the last embrace
the final breath.
Grief is;
the last light in the eyes,
the fading warmth in bed.
Grief is;
the last thing
the final companion.
Grief is;
before darkness,
before nothing.


I have to get out of this; stop wallowing.
I need to stop talking about it with you because i fear it's become self indulgent. This is what i'm saying here; why we hold onto grief, because grief is still a connection. One more line.."Grief is the fingers trailing across the closed casket."
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From: [personal profile] rafqa


This is very beautiful and so stabbingly precise--it really brought tears to my eyes.

I don't really understand what's wallowing or self-indulgent about it. If you want to talk about it here I'm always listening. Maybe you overestimate how much you've actually said. Sadness and grief, it's real, and no matter how you walk with it, or at what pace, it changes you in some way.
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From: [personal profile] rafqa


No, I hadn't seen that until you (I guess) unblocked it. I think you can write anything you want on your personal journal without guilt! if it's a space to talk about problems and unhappiness, then that's what it is for now.

If you start flagging down passersby to tell them your problems, then, ok, stop.
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From: [personal profile] rafqa


Again: in my opinion, the ability and the willingness to talk openly and clearly about your problems and your grief, without pretense, is a strength, not some kind of moral laxness.
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