28/11/2025
What do you do, how do you feel… when GRIEF comes knocking on your door? Thank you Liz Newman Writer. Please share in the comments. 🙏😓
When grief
First came knocking,
I thought I had
Two choices.
I could lock the door
Close the blinds,
Activate alarms
And shut it out,
But I still
Lived in fear
Of its intrusion,
Of it finding a way
Around my security systems,
Around my defenses.
Or, I could invite it over
For morning coffee.
I would set the terms,
Block out the time.
I would get my house in order
And sit beside it,
Let it say its piece
And send it away
As quickly as it came.
But grief doesn’t care much
For schedules
Or facades.
An unexpected visitor
Who comes and goes
As it pleases.
But, now I’m learning
Another way.
When grief comes to visit,
I leave the door unlocked.
Sometimes it
Frantically storms in,
Sometimes it taps quietly on
The door waiting for
A response.
But, I’m learning to let it in,
To sit with it,
To see it and feel it.
So now,
When grief knocks,
I let it in.
I let it in.
-Liz Newman
