Grief is sitting with your coat still on 

Even though you’ve been home for at least an hour

Sore nose 

Sore lips 

And sore cheeks 

A banging headache 

And salty tears slipping away 

Onto your cats head

Because he knows your sad

He can sense these things 

So he crawled onto your lap

Grief is

Staring at a wall

With a feeling in your throat 

That catches a quiver 

Of a breath 

Shaking but 

You’re not cold 

Or hot 

Or anything 

Cause you’re just there 

Physically

But

Mentally

Unaware

You have no idea how long you will be like this

Maybe hours 

Days

Months

Years

Maybe forever…