grief

  • anger displaced

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    angerit is easierthan bearing the griefthat comesfrom acknowledgingthe lossof somethingyou once had shift the blamescreamthe ugly wordssit and simmerin that black potof rage meanwhilethe grief remainsstuffed downhiddenbut ever expandingthreateningto speakits terrifying truth hatredis so much easierthan looking inwardand admittingthe roleyou playedin the tragedy

  • the pain of the present moment

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    during the hardest monthsof an unhappy marriageI would escape to my yoga classesas my peaceful placebut one morning after flowing through my posesI relaxed on my backand closed my eyesthe instructor told us to let the past goto not think about the futurebut to just exist in the presentand I panickedtears began to burn my…