Courage helps the heart and helps perceive

After loss comes shock then  follows grief
We  learn in little steps the loved one’s gone
Unless we  want to lie and make believe

Courage helps the heart and helps perceive
The wounding  blows  that hit us one by one
After loss comes shock and, later, grief

Unless we wish  to spurn and not   receive.
The  grace  which comes with truth can be foregone
When we  like to lie and make believe

Without mourning, no-one  can conceive
Creative living   may  have  been and  gone
After loss comes shock and, later, grief

Forgo  your friendship with  those who  deceive
Find  the  source of love which dwells within
Do we  wish to lie and make believe?

Misperception is the home of sin
Attacked,deceived , wrapped up in   virtual din
But after loss , we must digest  our grief
Unless we  wish to live in make belief