Grief : Sad Poetry

Grief

Grief is the chameleon of emotions

It disguises itself as jealousy,

love, anger, or hatred.

It changes people into

Someone they were not.

Someone they don’t recognize.

A person they were not meant to be.

Grief can make you forget everyone

In its’ consumption.

It is the snake that unhinges

Its’ jaw and swallows happiness,

Faith, hope.

Grief is the rat of despair.

The scurry in the dark halls

Of the mind. It scavenges upon

The very last crumb of your heart

To leave in its’ gluttony

Nothing

But the place you used to be

and the person

You will never be again.

written about my sister, Nancy, after her daughter's death