Bye-bye Grief
The grieving process is one that leaves you lost and without energy. It’s a vacuum that leaves you not feeling yourself. I recently lost the closest person to me, my mother. I was in shock for a long time. Nothing can ever prepare us for how to deal emotionally with the loss of a loved one.
We weren’t created to deal with loss. We were made to live forever. Death is not something that’s woven into our system. The original plan was for mankind to live forever. That is why dealing with grief is so difficult. Not being alive is inexplicable. There are no words to express sorrow to someone who has lost a loved one, and words can’t express enough that feeling of loss. That emptiness inside.
I tried putting into words what grief does to me. I tried. It’s an explanation that doesn’t fully describe, but it makes somewhat of an attempt. I hope this poem will help you if you have ever experienced the loss of a loved one. May you find comfort in knowing that no matter how alone you feel, you’re really not alone because God is with you. May He send you the Comforter.
Bye-bye Grief
Grief is like a punch in the stomach
With all your insides being snatched by the wind
It leaves you feeling like an empty shell
Like a hollowed rock for a tunnel
Grief is like a derailed train ride
It leaves you lost,
stranded by the wayside
Grief is like that
But the Word sustains...
The Word revives
I am the Resurrection and the Life
We who are alive
shall not prevent those who are asleep
For the dead in Christ shall rise
And this mortal must put on immortality
O death where is your sting?
O grave where is your victory?
Death will be swallowed up in victory
And grief --
Will soon be a pain
that has permanently died.
So let joy revive
For we shall soon see our loved ones again
For we shall not prevent them
who have fallen asleep in Christ
But we too will rise
To meet the Resurrection and the Life
On that Great Day we'll rise
Eternal life forever and ever and ever
And joy will be like
a tree that cannot die
Joy will be like
A high mountain of delight
Joy will never leave you
We will be filled
Eating fruit
from the Tree of Life
I can see us laughing on Gold Street
You hear dat grief
So tek dat!
And death? ...
Bye-bye!
Queen Majeeda (copyright 2025)
