Poems for Grief: Words for When You Don't Know What to Say
When someone we love dies, words fail us. These poems don't try to fix grief — they just sit with it honestly.
Small Things That Saved Me
These are not small things. I've just been calling them that so I wouldn't have to admit how much I've needed them.
The Life That Was Always Yours
It didn't arrive the way you thought it would. No trumpet. No clear sign. Just a quiet Tuesday where you did the thing that felt true.
October Always Knows
There is something October does that no other month can manage — it makes the ending beautiful on purpose.
The You That Nobody Taught You
Somewhere under the person they needed you to be, there is someone who never forgot what they actually liked.
Permission Slip
You are allowed to start without knowing where you're going.
What Grief Actually Looks Like
Nobody tells you grief looks like standing in the cereal aisle for eleven minutes.
The Thing About Loving You
The thing about loving you is that I kept finding you in rooms you'd never been in.