I had my own notion of grief.

I thought it was the sad time

That followed the death of someone

You love.

And you had to push through it

To get to the other side.

There is no pushing through.

But rather.

There is absorption.

Adjustment.

Acceptance.

And grief is not something you

Complete,

But rather, you endure.

Grief is not a task to finish

And move on,

But an element of yourself-

An alteration of your being.

A new way of seeing.

A new definition of self.