Grief..... (poem) by Chip Bergeron on AuthorsDen

Grief.....
by Chip Bergeron → (All Poetry by Chip Bergeron)
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Sparked by a photo of a young man sitting on a stump crying.....read into it what you will...

GRIEF All I can do is cry, It hurts so bad My folks say it’s for the best. My folks say it was wrong What we did And they’ll never Let us see each other again. How can that happen? How can they say that? How can they know? They say I‘m growing up And it’s time I started deciding What was right for me And then when I do And I finally begin to feel Like I matter to someone Like I mean something Like all the mixed up feelings Inside are beginning to make sense They find out, And it’s like the end of the world I wish the ground would open up, Swallow me whole, And close up again after. What difference does it make anyway? They say boys don’t cry; Well they do, dammit But tears are useless It feels like they took my heart, Put it in a blender And turned it on. I hope they’re happy. I’m not I wish I was dead They say they care, But they don’t give a damn Its all about what they want Not what I want. They say I’ll feel better “Time heals all wounds” they say. Bullshit! My life might as well be over. If I live to be 100 I’ll remember this day As clear as if it just happened. I’ll remember what I lost, What they took away. I’ll never be the same, And I don’t want To ever be the same again anyway. -March 14, 2013 Chip BERGERON

Reviewed by Christine Tsen

Reviewed on March 18, 2013

You impart so much passion and compassion through this perspective of a young man's grief. So much of what we end up doing in life is for society, for other people like a parent, and there is pain.
Blessings,
Christine

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on March 15, 2013

You sure read a lot into a photograph. like my brother told me once, “ You sure wrote a lot of your life into that novel.”

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson

simply wonderful, so well penned
budd

Reviewed by D Johnson

Chip, through your story telling, you have brought to life the 'grief' that hopefully one day will go away. Wonderful writing.
Cheers,
Dan

Reviewed by John Flanagan

that this, to me, is written through
the eyes, feelings and responses of
a young person growing up and confused
about relationships and parental interference
makes the poem all the more poignant, Chip,
and the expressions, those short focused lines,
are perfect for the delivery.
yes!

john

Reviewed by E Phillips

Reviewed on March 14, 2013

Whatever it is that pains you can be forgiven in the blink of an eye. Believe it and move on.