May 3, 2026

grief

it builds until
it may burst 
amongst all the pretty 
fields of blooms

a grief so consuming 
it turns the skies gray 
the clouds dark 
and full of rain 

and my hands that were sure 
and a heart that could cure 
turn feeble and weak
for the want of secure 

oh i hear the distant roars
of the upcoming storm 
and those who saw, 
have run away in alarm 

and the first stinging nettles 
 hit my face 
because the first wave of grief 
has set its pace 

and i am much too overcome 
i am undone 
for i was not made to sustain 
this bleakness
this helplessness
and all the pain 

- les’nspired