Counting grief
Tonight I went to the neighborhood bar
to begin a ritual
every time
my heart breaks.
It's been a while since I've been here.
I asked for 2 shots of tequila-
1 to celebrate love
1 to end it.
I ended up doing 6-
1 to celebrate love
1 to end it;
1 to remember the hard lives lived,
or survived,
1 to mourn their end;
1 to hate myself,
1 to love me.
All to grieve
and remind myself that this
is life-
it will go on,
as will I.
10/11/17
Tonight I went to the neighborhood bar
to begin a ritual
every time
my heart breaks.
It's been a while since I've been here.
I asked for 2 shots of tequila-
1 to celebrate love
1 to end it.
I ended up doing 6-
1 to celebrate love
1 to end it;
1 to remember the hard lives lived,
or survived,
1 to mourn their end;
1 to hate myself,
1 to love me.
All to grieve
and remind myself that this
is life-
it will go on,
as will I.
10/11/17
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