Grief Feels Selfish...

Selfish

Grief feels selfish…

A selfishness that breeds anger.

Grief stops your world,

Cruelly leaving the rest untouched.

Life continues amidst your screams,

For time to switch directions.

And others try to invest in your pain,

But can’t abandon their own joy.

The world unleashes its own chaos,

And leaves us behind in our grief.

We understand there is pain outside,

But can’t seem to get past our personal starting line.

Previously so empathetic towards the world,

We are left feeling like our pain is the center of all.

A moment we don’t want to define our lives,

And yet hope that it actually does.

It makes you want to scream to the world,

To make sure they haven’t forgotten.

Their moving on to other things,

Makes us feel even more stuck in our grief.

Why does the world keep turning,

When ours has stopped in its tracks?

Grief feels like selfishness,

Yelling at the world to remember. 💟