A Right To Grieve by Joan SerratelliPlease allow me
to grieve right now
allow me to cry and scream
and shake my fists
and question why
I know you have problems
we all do
but this is my time
to be selfish
I miss her so much
my heart aches so bad
I need you to understand
that I can't handle
anything else
Grief has taken over
lonliness has set in
I just want to hide
until this feeling goes away
But I need time
time to be selfish
time to try to focus
time to heal
But you can't seem to do it
your problems are more profound than mine
I just buried my Mother
you just can't let go
you rant and rave
over things that
don't matter
my mother is dead
she's not coming back
Your problems will
go away and be replaced
by others
I cannot get
another Mother
does that even bother you?
03/08/2009 Author's Note: I deleted this by mistake!
Posted on 03/08/2009 Copyright © 2024 Joan Serratelli
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Posted by Charlie Morgan on 03/08/09 at 05:27 PM ...joan, this an applique of the very inner core o' mankind--and especially [in my eyes/heart] so as you explicate ala Sylvia Plath-ish, it IS SUCH AN INSIGHTFUL AND REAL, VERY REAL STATEMENT about how losing someone--is losing a part of yourself--and a personal lament that you laid-out is soooo descriptive of our inner pain[sometimes] we want to "hurt" alone; no one can help...and enter stage right is our faith in the Lord's love, all of a sudden it is not rhetoric, it's our road to recovery...so sorry for such a long narrative...your work here evokes many, many lovely memories of my Mom and Dad[my youthful life to early college days]...a dripping/gripping work, love the self-indulgence of what you speak...love it. |
Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 03/08/09 at 06:14 PM Again you prove yourself to be a "straight-forward poet..I hope you are HEARD as well as read! Thanks. |
Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 03/11/09 at 12:41 PM Grieving selfish at all. Selfish is whoever isn't paying attention to what's going on. |
Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 03/11/09 at 12:42 PM {{{Hugs}}} |
Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 03/11/09 at 12:52 PM (I meant to write _ I don't think that grieving is selfish at all.)
Love, Jill |
Posted by Razel Davies on 03/12/09 at 04:40 PM Very powerful. Grief of this magnitude is something that you have to deal with, no matter what. "that which is done out of love, is beyond good and evil.". |
Posted by JJ Johnson on 03/13/09 at 04:48 AM Joan, my father passed away two weeks ago tonight, so this really hits home. While I don't know exactly who this was written for, I went through this with my family, some who seemed more concerned with themselves rather than offering support for one another. Sometimes ya just gotta get it all out, esspecially when those you need the most are the ones who only want to be heard. So I got up and gave my own eulogy for my father at his funeral service. I might still write a poem for him, but right now it's still too close and painful. You have expressed yourself clearly and honestly. Nothing more can be asked of so profound a loss. Peace, JJ |
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