Grief: you have to go there

Grief: you have to go there 

by Joel Howard

A mother said to her now grown daughter 

as she faced the enemy's laughter

"Child don't run from what comes after 

a situation deserving grief 

Grief - you have to go there 

Sorrow - it is inevitable 

For when you have cried your best tears

surely laughter will follow!" 

The daughter cried endlessly

but held back, still gripping

The push to just "get over it" 

was stronger by the hour

Mother said, "Sadness - it can be a friend 

Weeping - can be your brother

for when this day is finished, child

there will be another

Grief - we must go there, though it is all we can bear

let go of the devil's dare to skip it for what's after

There's only one way to the end 

Grief can be your dear, dear friend