(For my sister) <\/p>\n
I thank you for the words you did not say.
\nWhen grief, so howling harsh and biting deep,
\nCrippled us both and pulled us low.
\nBereavement was something new. <\/p>\n
I thank you for your anger and your tears.
\nYour focus, shunting through old family routines,
\nForced action when our hearts ran slow.
\nLoss was a waking dream.<\/p>\n
I thank you for your delicate, fragile fears.
\nThose ones which, once finally spoken, drew us close;
\nNo bitter language pushing us apart.
\nMourning was freshly learned. <\/p>\n
I thank you for your loss, your emptiness and grief.
\nFor understanding, then, that we were all we had;
\nFor coming to learn to love me as I was,
\nAnd giving me space to love you in return. <\/p>\n
\u00a9 Anne McMaster 2016 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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