What Went Unsaid

Thief

What rhymes with thief? Maybe

Disbelief, brief, grief
That's the word, grief

The emotion which breaks your soul in two
No, not the emotion
The nag, the reminder, the sudden moment you remember
All of what you've lost

The thief that's stolen your
Sunshine, laughter, the yellow of your life

Why can't grief be brief?
Why won't it give back what it's taken?
Why can't I forgive it?

Because I'm in disbelief
Of the power I didn't know grief had
Of how quick grief can appear
Of how I've lost the person who helped me defeat this emotion once before

Now, some people may say
That grief is the love
We weren't able to give
Grief is the "friend" who sits in our sorrow

But I think grief is a fiend
One who reminds us of what it took, what it has, and what it won't give back

The nag that doesn't leave us be
The nag we tolerate
The nag we won't get tired of
Because of its memory of the thing it took from us

That is what makes grief
A thief