Love someone who knows grief
because it scores the heart
like a bear opens the tree for honey
as bees pour out like fear.
Love someone who knows grief
because it rides the high tide forever
like a sea gull gracefully rides rough winds
as the sea ebbs and flows she carries it.
Love someone who knows grief
because it can keep you warm
like a piece of hide, you create something new
as you wrap up in remembrance.
Love someone who knows grief
because it roars like the long never ending prairie train
like a heavy breath passing with no end
as the layered box cars fight wind and rain.
Love someone who knows grief
because it wrecks you warps you
like a car crashing into the highway guardrail
as people watch and do not know what to do.
Love someone who knows grief
because it doesn't show like other emotions
like a sign you can read
as you pass on the street.
Love someone who knows grief
because it can stalk them and you
like a cat that wants to just play
as it sneaks around the corner and attacks you.
Love someone who knows grief
because it closes and opens hearts and minds
like wooden blinds
as the sun and moon phases without them.
Love someone who knows grief
Love them through the high tides of fear, love them through the cold long nights of remembering, during the days when they are crashing, and while people are watching and you do not know what to do.
Love someone who knows grief when the signs you see are not easy to read, when tears sneak in and the pillow holds the tears.
Love someone who knows grief because they know love.
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