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Grief Is A Scab, By: Steven Mcdonald

March 1, 2024 by Steven Mcdonald

Grief Is A Scab, By: Steven Mcdonald

It doesn’t matter how many years
Wave after wave flows the tears
Each new loss brings pain of its own
It cuts so deep, right down to the bone

Grief is a scab that is easily torn
There is no end to the ways we shall mourn
A song, a scent, a picture, or sight
Reopens the wounds and we feel its bite

A pain unique, unlike anything else
Worse than the whip of a hundred belts
A love once alive now has gone
Darkness for us but for them it is dawn

A new death ignites
Sorrows from the past
There are times we think
We will never last

Grief is a scab we will
Always feel.
The comfort from others
Is how we will heal.

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