I've noticed how the grieving <br />Inure themselves to care - <br />An endless quest, a suffering, <br />And then a deep despair. <br /> <br />I, too, have known such grieving <br />And felt the need to bear <br />The depth of direst suffering, <br />Call it almost a desire. <br /> <br />And lest a faith - a knowledge - <br />Disturb us in our snare, <br />Bedecked with superstition, <br />Our ignorance seems fair. <br /> <br />Reluctant to relinquish <br />The agony we share, <br />Ourselves we strive to punish <br />And punish others more.<br /><br />Adeline Foster<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prolonged-sorrow/
