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The Ache of Grief
February 21, 2013
Sometimes it roars,
Devours my limbs
With its sinking teeth,
Leaving me hunched
Over and gasping
For breath.
Other times I feel
It creeping, pulsing
In the pit of my stomach.
It beats,
Beats,
Beats--
I twitch and
Crumble,
Crippled by it.
Mostly it lies
Dormant,
Always present,
Always haunting
Me, eager for
A moment
To spring up
And paralyze
Me with its claws.
It lives and
Yet I live
With it;
In a
Precarious
Balance,
It forces me
To face
Life and death.
© Rebecca W., Kannapolis, NC
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