haiku my heart

 

yes i will take you

in unbeautiful moments

i will love again

 

 

to love life, 

to love it even when you have no stomach for it

and everything you've held dear

crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,

your throat filled with the silt of it.

 

when grief sits with you, its tropical heat

thickening the air, heavy as water

more fit for gills than lungs;

when grief weighs you like your own flesh

only more of it,

an obesity of grief,

you think, 

"how can a body withstand this?"

 

then you hold life like a face

between your palms,

a plain face,

no charming smile,

no violet eyes,

and you say, yes, i will take you

i will love you, again.

 

Ellen Bass

 

haiku my heart 

even in unbeautiful moments

xoxo

 

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Comments

[Mark]

So many unbeautiful moments, yet still so much love...

[Lea]

So much love. And may it fill the cracks in me where I can't see or feel that love. Or where I can't see it in the world around me... I hope you can feel us holding your hand Rebecca. I love you my friend.

[judie]

I love this powerful Ellen Bass writing, Rebecca. I am going to send a link to an Instagram friend, someone I have known for a long time, since the days of art blogging. Perhaps you know her too. Kara (and Hawk). She needs these words now. Blessings to you.

[A ShutterBug Explores]

Grief, loss is the most painful part of life ~ yet part of life ~ Lovely photo and haiku ~ Xo

Living in the moment,

A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

[Marit]

I hope the love we all send to you may surround you now... big warm hug to you my friend!