a solitary room

“a solitary room”


Grief is a solitary room,
it widens into a shared landscape,
some days that landscape itself-
not gone, but part of the very air
that settles around each connection,
a kind of weather you move through
and breathe in…








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Reviews

[Davidgeo]

Guilt and grief can be used as a weapon to wear down someone's self identity. We each have our "solitary room". It is usually heavily populated with guilt. If you speak and can write in any language, deep down inside... I know you feel guilty. There is a deep shame and guilt in the human, it's embedded in our language. It is almost inescapable. If you can exploit another person's individual experience with that.... you are on your way to being a champion level cult leader.

[redd Brick Keshner]

An excellent insight the DG🙏🏻🕊️

[Chris Shaw]

And as you age, that solitary room is visited more and more, so it becomes all too familiar. A far cry from my younger years when grief was just another word in the dictionary.

a kind of weather you move through
and breathe in - inclement weather, I like your description Freds. Hope all is well with you.

Chris

[redd Brick Keshner]

Could that be seen as familiarity and rehearsal? It’s such a strange stage of life sometimes, Chris. 🙏🏻🕊️
Freds

[Desert Knave]

A most excellent description of the state of grief. ~Jim

[redd Brick Keshner]

Hey Jim, thanks heaps 🙏🏻🕊️

[Michael Sun Bear]

For some reason I began thinking of ages. Young people who read this poem won’t be touched the way us older folks are. I am of an age to have experienced this many times. Your poem moved me. Well written.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Like opposing ends on a seesaw it could be as well. Excellent insight, MSB 🙏🏻🕊️thank you.

[Curly Grace]

Tomorrow is her birthday...

[redd Brick Keshner]

Happy birthday, Curly Grace’s grandma 🙏🏻🕊️

[Curly Grace]

This one settled softly. I’d been thinking of my grandma just before I found it, so the way grief becomes a kind of weather… I understand. thanks...

[redd Brick Keshner]

Glad to somehow accompany that very personal journey. 🙏🏻🕊️