I will wear my grief like a badge of honor
honored to love him
honored to be loved by him
“For what is grief,” they say,
“if not love persevering?”
I will wear my grief loudly,
proudly.
I will show the world it is not an evil
to be feared or avoided,
But a journey to be embraced
in all its agonizing complexity.
I will try my frail best
to hold hope and grief in both hands
as they balance and blend together.
I will mourn relentlessly.
I will live and love resolutely.
And I will remember him always
as my grief-love shifts and flows
down through the years
until we meet again
Mina S, July 29, 2021
Photo by Claire Kelly on Unsplash
