True, but if anything, my solo wedding day made me open myself even more and choose connection over solitude. Sometimes our lives are just hit by a bus; it’s no one’s fault.
Having learned of your circumstance, and feeling the pain in the poem, I surmise the poem is truly autobiographical. What a terribly painful experience of loss and grief. I don’t know you, but I have the tiniest glimpse of you through your poems, just enough to allow me to care for you and hope for you. I hope your new perspective is slowly turning your grief into strength, empathy, and understanding, through which you will be a blessing to others in mourning. Best wishes.
Roger, thank you for your kind words. Yes, this poem is indeed autobiographical. William died less than two months before our wedding day. My path through grief has been one of winding and wandering, but the general direction is leading me to more understanding and empathy for fellow humans I never imagined feeling a connection to.
Poignant to the point where it moved me to tears. I feel like with each piece I read, I get to know you better. Thank you for writing, even if you started late. It’s a gift :’)
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Sad but uplifting. You are the only one you can trust not to break the vow.
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True, but if anything, my solo wedding day made me open myself even more and choose connection over solitude. Sometimes our lives are just hit by a bus; it’s no one’s fault.
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Revisiting an old poem with new perspective.
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Having learned of your circumstance, and feeling the pain in the poem, I surmise the poem is truly autobiographical. What a terribly painful experience of loss and grief. I don’t know you, but I have the tiniest glimpse of you through your poems, just enough to allow me to care for you and hope for you. I hope your new perspective is slowly turning your grief into strength, empathy, and understanding, through which you will be a blessing to others in mourning. Best wishes.
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Roger, thank you for your kind words. Yes, this poem is indeed autobiographical. William died less than two months before our wedding day. My path through grief has been one of winding and wandering, but the general direction is leading me to more understanding and empathy for fellow humans I never imagined feeling a connection to.
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Poignant to the point where it moved me to tears. I feel like with each piece I read, I get to know you better. Thank you for writing, even if you started late. It’s a gift :’)
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