I dedicate this to my sister, Kathy Lockhart, who grieves for her beloved


The Grieving Heart

The grieving heart is hungry
It seeks sustenence for life itself
All has been taken from it
Hope has been put on a shelf

With each hollow beat it echos
the loss of love's life giving source
And all around who hear it
Look for fate's guilt-filled remorse

But that hollow heart throbs bleakly
With no words of sorrow to eat
That would bring an understanding
To feed the hungry beat

The pains of emptiness
call out for some way to cope
As waves of hunger continue
to seek any morsels of hope

A grief-filled heart needs nourishment
Of hope and love to be
And If turned to God's light of promise
The hungry heart will beat purposefully







Poetry by Phyllis J. Rhodes
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Written on 2008-08-05 at 19:28

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Damon
I didn't notice that you had a dedication written on it when I first read it, but I knew immediately who it was for. As soon as I began reading this, I thought to myself that it had to be for Kathy and how much she misses Mike.
Great work!
Damon
2008-08-12


ngaio Beck
Wonderful simile,without being preachy.A good companion for the "dark" hour.
2008-08-08


ngaio Beck
Good piece.Poignant.Sibling concern and tenderness.
2008-08-07


Kathy Lockhart
This is beautiful and you know just how I am grieving. You have seen it and felt it. More than any other, you know. My heart is hungry for the man I love. He is waiting for me and I know I will see him again. Grief has many faces and phases and all I can do is go through them. It is a continual process without end. Thanks for all you do for me. Love, kathy
2008-08-06


limber junctionson
a grieving heart is never hungry.
grief is never measured.
2008-08-06