Grief Gulp

By Han

the grief

grief sits heavy

between layers of skin

around organs

slows processes

of normal bodily function

inserts

into moments

distorts time so that

it drags and slips by

eternal dissonance

at once all too present in the body

and entirely dissociated

a desperate mother

dm’d me this morning

thanking me for posting

about Palestine

when others have begun to turn attention elsewhere

i cried for the times i’ve turned my attention elsewhere

and the ways in which i’ve allowed

the overwhelm

to keep me both from

turning up

and from

staying with myself

feeling what arises

in the cage of my chest

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