In the throes of my childhood’s echoing hall
“Good grief,” she’d exclaim, - the refrain of my fall
A term tossed so lightly steeped deep in disdain
Mom’s words hung like drapes that would subtly complain
But good grief, let it not be misunderstood
For beneath the sharp edges, something deeper stood
It was more than an outburst at patience worn thin
A chapter concluded on where I’d begin
Good grief was the guardian at every gate
Where I parsed through the remnants of love and of hate
It was the sharp inhale of a stifled regret
A catalyst for change that I hadn’t met yet
Letting go of past shadows, those specters that bleed
Darkness into dreams where I aimlessly lead
Good grief was the ticket, the train, and the trek
From the valleys of void to the peaks at my neck
I’ve discovered good grief in the layers of me
In the ache of old scars, in the wish to be free
It’s the dance of delight in the room of release
Where the weights fall away, and the captives find peace
Good grief, it’s the mourning that morning requires
To ascend from the pits to what daylight inspires
It’s the goodbye to ghosts that would haunt through the night
An embracing of space where the stars realign bright
Here’s to growth in the grind, where the tough battles bloom
Where the pain finds a place, and the spirits resume
For what once was a cry from a mother’s quick tongue
Is a symphony sung, where my victory is strung
Now, “Good grief,” I proclaim, for it’s wholesome and clear:
It’s the start of the climb and the shift of the gear
It’s saying farewell to the weights that were:
The grief isn’t gone – it’s just changed, I infer
Good grief, as I stand on the cusp of the new
It’s a testament, clear, of what healing can do
With the past tucked away in the depth of night’s sieve
I look forward, forge onward, and fiercely I live
Each “goodbye” to the burdens that quietly seethe
Is a “hello” to life and the breath that I breathe
It’s growing, it’s learning, it’s ardently clear:
Good grief’s not an end – it’s the shift of my year
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