Poeming: Asking a favor of grief.

Dewy Miley.

 

 

ASKING A FAVOR OF GRIEF.

all I ask of grief is this

that when I lose my fragile hold

on missing you

and sadness overtakes

I would look a bit more like

a Hollywood starlet, glowing,

tragic and dewy

and less like me, snotting,

wrinkly and red

and that it would not come

to visit at inopportune times,

like when I’m preparing for

company.

 

jle 2012