Grief
For Three Moms Who Lost Adult Children
Will someone grieve with me? To be with me in heart? The loss I’ll always bear, My heart is torn apart. Will someone let me grieve? Not, “You have to ‘move on’.” “You have to live your life.” My child is always gone! Will someone see my grief? Will someone walk with me?…
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Man of Sorrows
A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. His last friend on earth? A repentant thief. Battered, bruised and pierced, crowds hurled their contempt. Hardly anyone shed tears of lament.
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True Story: Suffering in Burma, a poem
I wrote this poem this morning, based on a true story that happened to a very good friend of mine, yesterday. SUFFERING IN BURMA In the forested mountains of far off Burma, A group of doctors trek over terra firma. An eight-hour drive, bamboo rafts over rivers, Hours on a tractor, jungle hikes, to be…
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Difficult People
I chatted with a dear friend of mine who lost his wife of many years, and is in the middle of awful grief. As if that is not hard enough, a few extended family members are criticizing him for how he handled his wife’s end of life days. They are bitter. They don’t remember the…
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