If we do not grieve, we lose much more
The favourite gifts, the symbols of those gone
Emotions blocked will close the mind’s front door
In reverie, grief wanders rooms and floors
But blocked, we are alone in only one.
If we cannot grieve then we lose more
Cut off from our own self, we lose allure
So we are lonely, even as we win
Emotions blocked will trap us with’ steel doors
After weeping, there’s an empty core
The onion peeled, reveals a tear alone
If we cannot grieve then we lose more
Yet emptiness creates a new space dear,
An indolence on fire to which bees come
Emotions blocked will close the mind’s own door
As we have little time till beetles own
Let us dwell in love’s creative zones
If we cannot grieve, we can’t adore
For God is locked behind our iron doors
