grief – I Write Her

Reblogs – Jude Itakali & Lorraine Lewis

Published on November 17, 2021November 15, 2021 by Susi Bocks12 Comments

man standing in front of the window — ***Sasha Freemind – Unsplash***

One is the agonizing ache of unrequited love, the other is the depth of experience when feeling cut off. It seems we are constantly wrestling with one form of isolation or another.

Secret Admirer by Jude Itakali

Is it your smile
that dazzles me
The softness of your voice
that comforts me
The light in your eyes
scrying my future joys
Am I selfish
for thinking you are the answer
Presumptuous
for dreaming you can want me too

I’d like to tell you-
I’m under your spell
I’d like to speak my mind
with the melody from my heart
I’d like to say, I love you
But I cannot
Lest I spook and alarm
For already,
You are too precious to lose
And a little bit of you
Is better than none at all

Paramour of dreams
Peculiar with perfection
My heart surrenders
betrothed and bound to love you
Meant to be, Never to be

Alone by Lorraine Lewis

Cut off
A blanket black
Between us none can see
A box the walls of a prison
Close in
Stifle
Alone in the box fear rising
No one to hear a cry
Awareness stings
Of life

Outside
The box people
Living lives chattering
Unaware of the person in
The box
Beside
Them dying gasping for breath one
Breath but it is too late
A corpse lies dead
Staring

Another Piece Published in Edge of Humanity Magazine!!

Published on October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 by Susi Bocks36 Comments

A big thanks to Joelcy Kay – Editor and Curator for accepting and publishing “Perpetual Pain” in the Edge of Humanity Magazine today! I really appreciate being showcased along with so much other amazing talent! THANK YOU!

Click this link to read the entire piece.

Reblogs – Shweta Suresh & Ivor Steven

Published on September 22, 2021September 21, 2021 by Susi Bocks4 Comments

It was so easy to get swept up in the emotions of each of these pieces describing life, living and loss. The accompanying music video to Ivor’s piece is such a complement to both poems. May you experience a rich fullness reading and listening to the music as I did.

Grief by Shweta Suresh

Grief is a powerful feeling
They say it has seven stages
I don’t know about that
But I strongly believe
That grief is like the waves,
In a turbulent sea.
It comes and goes
But it sustains, In a never-ending manner.
It grips your heart,
Forces you to have Ups and downs
Over and over again.
It creates new wounds
But often, grief rips open
Old healed wounds too.
No matter how hard you try,
You can’t run away,
From its clutches
Grief will always find you
Though it might take a while,
It will eventually hit you With an impact worse
Than a ground-shattering earthquake, or,
Even an ear-splitting thunderstorm.
Grief is like a sharp knife,
That’s permanently
lodged In your heart,
That twists painfully, each time
A familiar memory washes over you.
It comes and goes,
With varying intensities
Just like the waves in the sea.
No matter how hard you run,
Grief is hard to shake off

Existence and Renewal by Ivor Steven

Keep your cup full
Turn the power on
Follow the moonlight
Fall across the lawn
Heed her call at dawn
“Life is a marathon”

The renewal of nature
Leaves footprints upon desert sands
And with His hand in Her hand
Existence grows from our lands

Reblog – Burning Grief by Taylor Grace

Published on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 by Susi Bocks5 Comments

The imagery is spectacular in this piece. You can really “feel” what it means to go through and get beyond grief.

Pouring it out
Like gasoline
Onto embers

Discarded reflections
Tossed over
Sorting it all out

Striking the match
Igniting pain
Pieces engulfed
Burning it down

Shattered
Completely hollow
Lost or profound

Crackling grief

The sound of healing
Stoking memories
Smoke billows peace
Breathing relief

Slate wiped clean
Ashes floating
Carrying secrets hidden deep
Therapeutic release

Source: Burning Grief – The Broken Inside of Me

My Gift To You

Published on July 23, 2020 by Susi Bocks34 Comments

with shallow breath
and heaving emotions
i bequeath the rivulets
escaping
     pittering
           on the soft earth

from here on out
i lament
the one-sided conversations
a yearning
     for a return
           to more than just memories

***Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #145***

Reblog – About the body by Shayleene MacReynolds

Published on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by Susi Bocks3 Comments

An excellent piece delving deep into what heart-felt emotions can do to us. I was pulled into her descriptions, fascinated by how well it described where grief can lay and feel. Just wonderful!

The Wild Heart of Life

Even though I won’t ever see them again, I still carry them.
Inside and outside
On the lining of my heart
And the edges of my brain
Beneath my fingernails
Or hanging from an eyelash.
They saturate my writing and my words
Sloping from an s, or cradled in a y.
Sometimes, they are even in a glass of whiskey glass of wine.

But this is about the body.

If you were to unwind me out across the earth,
Spread out this fleshboat of a body crack open the ribs and peer beneath the surface—
They would be there too.
Resting on an iliac
Sleeping in a clavicle
Wrapped around the vertebrae
They trickle through the veins.
A small room, and the feel of them inside of it
The light and how it pours in through the window
A book of poetry upon the nightstand
A guitar sitting in the…

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