grief

when we speak of loss
what is it we are actually speaking of
the dead can no longer be bothered
by our grief or indifference
once they have joined
the endless stream of matter
when we speak of loss
we speak of our grief
and the lack of what once was
we speak of the desire
to live in the memory of life
our grief is a duality
of acceptance and longing
for what can no longer be
grief will come again
and it will be so in our lives
until we ourselves
are the subject of another's grief