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

[Lorry]

Grief is the most solitary of rooms, even when that grief is shared we act like we don't trust even ourselves to let it go completely unleashed. It is for the most part unspoken but always thought and can make a mockery of even the sanest mind, so im told.
I find that solitary room to be too busy, even with just me and my thoughts in it.

[redd Brick Keshner]

That is so true dear Lorry! There also peeks the beginnings of yet another poem 🙏🏻🕊️

[S€H@J]

Grief is a solitary room that mostly we build around us
It isn't built in a day and surprisingly it cant be demolished in one day , it wears down whatever lies inside humanity faith and so on ,Nicely depicted by the poem.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Many thanks for that profound response. And as always, most appreciated 🙏🏻🕊️

[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 🙏🏻🕊️

[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🙏🏻🕊️

[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. 🙏🏻🕊️