Reading · Anne’s Substack

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i had a bad day,

he said,

reading cards he sent

years ago,

to a love now gone away.

(as if love went away)

(as if love goes away)

i cried all day,

he said,

as if it was a bad thing

to read about

a remembered love.

(a forever love)

(an endless love)

no, i said.

you had a grief day.

the kind of day

where as

your heart breaks,

your heart grows,

your love glows.

only big love feels

that way.

it hurts,

he said,

as if it was supposed to be

a different kind of way -

(a softer way)

(a shorter way)

anything but

this.

i know,

i said.

i know.

Grief Day