Sinking in the Sea of Grief

A Poem of Suffering

John Gillen
The Lark Publication
2 min readMar 14, 2024

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Photo by Christopher Campbell on Unsplash

Sinking in the Sea of Grief I saw the Sun
Shining down through living water
As if to say
Peace
Be still
Take rest, my son
The struggle for the surface will surely come
The terrible battle to simply breathe
Your horrible swim from Death’s last gasp

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