Grief Poems by Shaakiera Schroeder
Wednesday lost
By Shaakiera Schroeder
As “The” day draws nearer
Spirits sink lower
Fears rise, higher.
Not completely sure why,
It’s as if we expect something…or
“That” to happen again…
Anything worse…is impossible!
Still so unbelievable _ surreal almost.
Two months short of a year
And we continue to struggle to grasp the fact_
You’re gone!
How do you go about planning an Angel Day…?
When you can’t believe…
Yet [...]
I Can Almost
By Victoria Walker
I can almost see you smile
In the shadows of my mind,
Bringing to me the peace
I have struggled so hard to find.
I can almost hear your voice
Telling me “Be not saddened nor afraid,
Just remember all the good,
How we loved and laughed and played.”
I can almost feel your touch
Wiping away my every tear
As I stand [...]
Someone is Missing at Christmas
Let this be a loving reminder
That someone is missing today.
Someone our hearts hold on to
As we travel along life’s way.
Someone who made life so special
For each of us here.
Someone who won’t be forgotten,
But cherished from year to year.
And now as we celebrate Christmas,
Let us fondly recall
How deeply each of us loved him.
And oh… how he [...]
The Third Summer Has Passed
By Kim Hodne -
The third summer has passed
A hint of autumn in the air
Another season without you
I see the world through your eyes
The conflicts of war
Young men your age maimed and killed
Terrorism on the rise
Such a sad state of affairs
What would you think now?
I miss your hearing your views
The passion in your voice
The earnestness in [...]
GIVING THANKS
By Scott Tallman –
In loving memory of my dear son, James
My memories are flowing,
Of Holidays past,
If only I’d known,
That they’d be his last
Right now I see nothing,
I can be thankful for,
My Son is gone,
My heart on the floor
Must I celebrate?
And pretend to have joy?
I just cannot do it,
Without my baby boy
His face now appears,
In [...]
Poetry Contest Entry – Your Scrapbook
By Ms. J .Lee Reed –
You might recall a holiday
with a memory quick and faint
but it’s the little things that seem to stay
the simple, common, quaint
They seem to sit so quietly
in the scrapbook of your mind
( your hair was wet with April rain)
( his subtle smile was genuine)
So easily carried throughout your life
tucked into [...]
Poetry Contest Entry – In acceptance of death
By verabel -
To Gorechi
Sam Ray
Mary and my son Matthew
String Resonate
Release
Vibrate
Pain
in acceptance of Death
Cause now Gone
Not Understood
Not Justified
Not Accepted
Destroyed by
Survived through
Lasted past
A Crystal Voice asks Why
Where are the remains of my love
My future
My child
My son
Where is his body
his smell
his warmth his color
Wrap me
Rock me
Remind me
Here is my Breast
my bowel
my wit
a flower for rest
Please
not again
when the horror [...]
Poetry Contest Entry – Happy Birthday My Son
By Kim Hodne -
I look from corner to corner
In this house
And see your footsteps
Bounding up the stairs
I hear your laughter
I feel your hugs
I see your sweet smile
Coming through the door
Your energy is still here
I want to embrace it
But when I try
I realize you are gone
Maybe gone from this space
But not from my heart
Five years can’t [...]
Poetry Contest Entry – Symphony
By Claire Perkins -
I refuse to believe
That I’m here and then gone
That my Soul’s symphony
Is this one single song
This life’s but one note
Or one chord in a score
Many notes yet to come
Many notes played before
Perhaps this time around
Is the violin’s part
A sound sad and sweet
That wrenches the heart
Long ago or to come
A lighter note plays
Like [...]
Poetry Contest Entry – What Now?
by Stephen T. Fleharty
Twilight is past and darkness reigns.
The mem’ries of light, too, fade.
The future predicts unbridled pain
For me – a masquerade.
Awake, I face fate’s cruel test
Of bearing one more day,
The absence of your loving breast
And your sweet bouquet.
Love is strong, yet can’t deny
The embers that remain
Will fail to soothe my mournful sigh,
Which I cannot [...]
