grief

Hidden Ocean

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Condolence & Loss Death
She held her grief behind her eyes like an ocean & when she leaned forward into the day it spilled onto the floor & she wiped at it quickly with her foot & pretended no one had seen.

Butterflies

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Condolence & Loss Death
He told me that the night his mother died, there were storms & far away there was purple lightning & someone left the window open & the room filled with a swirl of butterflies & she slipped out quietly without anyone noticing & I’m sure the grief was softer because of that.