Poem # 24

 It is

strange

&

blasphemous,

to say

I

have benefitted

from

the grief

of

my child’s

death.

It is

also

the

truth.

How is that possible?  Because in all that grieving is the rebuilding of a shattered life and mixed in is greater understanding, deeper feelings about everything, including joy.  I also understand my clients better because I have been there.