Winter Grief - David Whyte

[Larry Robinson]

Winter Grief

Let the rest 
in this rested place 
rest for you.
Let  <>the birds sing quietly
and the geese call
from far off
and let the sky race
from west to east 
when you cannot 
lift a wing to fly.
Let evening trace 
your loss in the branches
against a fading sky.
So that you can give up
and give in
and be given back to,
so that you can let
winter come and live
fully inside you,
so that you can
retrace the loving path
of heartbreak 
that brought you here. 
So you can cry alone
and be alone
so you can let yourself alone
to be lost,
so you can let the one 
you have lost alone, 
so that you can let
the one you have lost 
have their own life 
and even
their own death
without you.
So that the world
and everyone who has ever lived 
and ever died can come and go 
as they please.
So you can let yourself not know, 
what not knowing means.
So that you can be
even more generous in your letting go
than they were in their leaving.
So that you can let winter 
be winter.
So that you can let the world alone
to think of spring.

	- David Whyte
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