Grief steals in slowly,
Into the least expected moments -
Leaving you defenceless
Weakening your core.
Its always around you -
About you,
Creeping in like a shadow,
That's the strongest
On the sunniest of days.
And no matter how strong
You had willed yourself to become,
Grief forces you to unbecome -
As you let go of your guards,
That had made you stand tall -
Like the iron maiden,
Against the gusts of change.
With grief,
Settles in the dusts -
Nothing but the cobwebs
Of the memories
Past their time-
Ashen in their wake,
Blue as you lie awake -
Through the many nights ;
Tearless and joyless
Forlorn - in your ways.
Greens and greys
Of the days -
Blend and blur
As you navigate
The dusk and dawn,
That seem to spiral
Out of control-
Leaving you lost -
Trying to soak it all up
Flirting at the brink
Of sanity -
While you try to hold on
And not sink.