As Grief Withdraws

Simply another way to look at emotion

When fists clench that nails bloody the skin

When crooked teeth grind,

grating enamel. 

When pupils dilate

When whites transfix

When the heart pounds to the rhythm of rage

When the mind clouds and memory becomes temperate

and temperamental. 

When frost finds marrow

When darkness dirties boiling blood. 

When primal nature rips and tears through tissue

and sinew.  

 

When the time of grieving is endured. 

When the darkness recedes,

When the marrow warms,

When the temperate temperament of the mind reverts

to normalcy. 

When the heart starts to its own drum,

When whites and pupils fall into focus. 

When white teeth smile and bandages fix bloody mistakes. 

When our anger suffers,

When our grief withdraws.

When we rediscover souls

and the atmosphere shifts.