Feeling one’s woes takes much courage
Stoical grieving won’t work
Yet if we evade it, disease may invade us.
Feeling sorrows can never be shirked.
That lump in the throat we can’t swallow
The stomach ache there with no cause
We suffer bodily,and indeed horribly
Stoicism does have its flaws.
Let loose the tears of this sorrow
Wrapppd in the arms of a friend.
For if we don’t do it,later we’ll rue it,
With physical pains without end.
Soldiers are told to be stoic;
But supposing they all refused?
Would war end tomorrow, at the sight of such sorrow?
Ah,humans,we’re surely confused.
We may be from different races
We may be brown,gold or green
But our hearts form a layer,to hold out our care.
We’re all one and always have been.
Throw away stoic behaviour
Throw out melancholia too.
Feel pain when we need to and then it won’t lead to
Dead soldiers and fighting anew.
How my heart sings 
Counter-productive, to say the least…’stoical grieving’… 😉 Hugs!
I suppose people are asked or expected to be stoical in grief so as not to upset others….:)xx
However…Grief is the only illness that cures itself. Hugs! ❤
If you are allowed to grieve!!
By Whom? Grief will OUT! In the most surprising ways…sometimes with rather devastating consequences. Hugs!
When I was 8 my dad died and we were forbidden to cry or even talk about it…We were told to smile as he was in heaven.No wonder we all had problems.. but now I have been grieving for my husband and it is good to be able to do so.Maybe grieving for both of them?:)xxxx
Ah….Yes! More than likely….When one allows oneself to ‘grieve’…..ventilate our feelings….all previous experiences of loss can constellate into the present immediate ‘Loss’. 😉
I felt that was so.:)xxx
Hugs! ❤
Thank you.Hugs