Grief quotes of the day

Lately I have been sharing various poems and would like to continue sharing with the daily quotes. Sometimes poetry is difficult to interpret, Geoff introduced me reading and analyzing poetry. Since he died I returned reading, I find that it's another way of therapy for my healing, you don't have to like it, but sometimes words from poets says everything! This is one of the first poems that he read to me.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent on the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

 

Yes. And we need to remind ourselves of these things daily. Your addition is perfect
Hope you’re doing well Lou. Robin

 

I woke up too early, good time to share some quotes

 

Defeat by Kahlil Gibran

Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness'
You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.

Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance,
Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot
And not to be trapped by withering laurels,
And in you I have found aloneness
And the joy of being shunned and scorned.

Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield,
In your eyes I have read
That to be enthroned is to be enslaved,
And to be understood is to be leveled down,
And to be grasped is but to reach one's fullness
And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.

Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion,
You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences,
And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings,
And urging of seas,
And of mountains that burn in the night,
And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.

Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage,
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And we shall be dangerous.

 

Dear warrior friends, today I don't have any quotes but I have two poems


I cried today

I cried today
I cried today, I can't tell you why
This pain that I bare I'll have till I die
My eyes they sting, my vision is a blur
Oh what I'd give to find an eternal cure
At night I think how is this fair
I feel I'm here only because I'm told that they care
But when I'm down I feel so alone
Even in this house, I think it's called home
An when the night falls, I lay in my bed,
With no one beside me, just the thoughts in my head
I will for a day that that this torture would end,
That I would wake and not have to pretend
My past it still haunts me, my present is the same,
What future can I have, all I do seems in vain
But I'll pick myself up, I'll continue this role
these thoughts won't define me,
I'll play the starring role

Gone Forever

The good times are gone, and all that I am left to do is mourn
I've never felt this lost while the time passes by,
as it tells me of what all love I've lost just to make me cry.
I live in a world now, where I mean nothing to the people I meet
and to those whom I meant something, are far away in the sky
leaving me as nothing but a deadbeat.
Even these words I slept and woke up with, are no longer mine
these thoughts that I scribble, they think, are no longer divine.
even with my eyes closed, to me, all my regrets and guilts are exposed.
"I am wrong, I am wrong", this is all
I've known about me, all lifelong.
And these things ain't ever going to change
so as long, as long, you, my beloved are gone.

 

Helena, I think my reply got miss sent somewhere. I really can relate especially to the first poem, I did tear over it. Karen

 

I really appreciated these poems. Glad I logged in today.

-Chad

 

As I can't sleep the only thing I can do is share some of my thoughts and poems, at least there is somebody either awake or somewhere overseas, eventually I will get tired, just now I'm writing and listening to some beautiful romantic songs, good memories, those where the days....Helena

Until We Meet Again by Helena Beatriz

Those special memories of you
will always bring a smile
if only I could have you back
for just a little while
Then we could sit and talk again
just like we use to do
you always meant so very much
and always will do too
The fact that you're no longer here
will always cause me pain
but you're forever in my heart
until we meet again

Abyss

All of life is a dream
Dreams within dreams feign reality
Loneliness is reality
Hurting s reality
All else is fleeting flash of light
In a fathomless dark chasm

I serve a sentence without end
For a crime without reason
I follow the night in chains
Wherever it may lead
Treading through pools of blood
Raging rivers of tears to forefend

I am led further and further away
From the beguiling hope of love,
From the sustaining flashes of light
As I turn back, all is black
And though my eyes can still see,
I am as blind as can be
Never, ever to return

 

Good Morning Warrior friends, another day and three more quotes.

 

Does anyone dreamed of a new dream?

 

No new dreams only three more quotes Karen.