Where Peace Grows

Grief swoops in

It steals time

And holds joy hostage

Grief creeps in silently through every door,

every window,

every crack that it breaks in the foundation

It numbs

And consumes you

Grief shatters every future hope you ever held

It forces you to rebuild

It forces you to become anew

Grief blankets you

It tells you life will feel ok again

But first you must let grief shake you to your core

It’s hard to avoid it

Impossible, even

Grief has its own tricky way of finding its way back in

I don’t bother fighting against it anymore

That’s where the peace starts to grow

Grief plants you at the crossroads,

Where every day you have to decide

whether today you will wither & recoil,

Or whether you will grow & reach towards the sun

Peace starts to grow in the same foundation that grief cracks wide open