<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Winter Grief<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">Let the rest </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">in <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class=""><a tabindex="-1" style="color: rgb(56, 88, 152); cursor: pointer; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class=""></a></span>this rested place </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">rest for you.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">Let the birds sing </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and the geese call</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and the sky race</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">from west to east </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">when you cannot raise </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">a wing to fly.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">Let evening</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">trace your loss </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">in the stonework</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">against a fading sky.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">So that </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">you can give up</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and give in</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and be given back to,</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">so that you can let</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">winter</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">come and live</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">fully inside you,</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">so that</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">you can</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">retrace</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">the loving path</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">of heartbreak </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">that brought you here. </div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">So you can cry alone</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and be alone</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">so you can let </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">yourself alone</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">to be lost,</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">so you can</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">let the one </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">you have lost</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">alone, so that</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">you can let</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">the one </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">you have lost </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">have their </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">own life </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and even</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">their own </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">death</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">without you.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">So the world</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and everyone </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">who has ever lived </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">and ever died</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">can come and go </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">as they please.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">So you can</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">let yourself </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">not know, what </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">not knowing </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">means.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">So that</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">you can be</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">even more generous </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">in your letting go</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">than they </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">were </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">in their leaving.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">So that you can</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">let winter </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">be winter.</div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">So that you can let </div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">the world alone</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class="">to think of spring.</div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="x126k92a x11i5rnm xat24cr xtlvy1s x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- David Whyte</div></div></div></div></body></html>