Grief is a word I’ve been thinking about lately
Grief is the only kind of love I will ever let berate me
Let it wash over me like waves over a beached whale
The only difference is that people expect me to be swimming again sometime eventually

But when you feel like this how are you ever supposed to feel anything else

Grief is a word I first learned the definition of when my grandmother died
She was the only person I could confide in, at the time
Went from a straight a student to struggling to pass
None of my teachers cared to ask why

But when you feel like that it’s hard to care about anything, so I get it
Because after that it was hard for me to care about anything

Grief is a word I’ve been thinking about lately
Grief is a word I learned another definition of the day my dad passed away
Like a game where the rules are suddenly changing
Without warning

But when you’re suddenly in mourning
for someone you once thought you hated
You start thinking a lot about love
And that maybe things are more complicated

Grief is a word I’ve been speaking about with my therapist a lot lately
Together as explorers of the human heart we learned a third and I think encompassing definition of the word grief
It has words in it like heartbreak, life, love, pain, living, and endless
Two words it doesn’t have are death and relief

But when you live life on Earth
And feel the hurt
When you live life on Earth
Grief is a word you learn a lot about