The Greatest Grief
written by: Arvilla Fee
@vil_fee
hollow—
an empty ribcage
rattles
with each sob,
breath catches
like legs
in brambles,
to love deeply,
even once,
and lose—
to mark a grave,
to scream,
to wake up alone,
to remember,
to name what ifs,
to want—
oh, the ache of wanting,
is perhaps
the greatest grief of all
Arvilla Fee lives in Dayton, Ohio. She has published poetry, photography, and short stories in numerous presses, including Calliope, North of Oxford, Rat’s Ass Review, Mudlark, and many others. Her poetry books, The Human Side and This is Life, are available on Amazon.
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