Heather Pound

to embrace

the new

you must

relinquish old.

as much as

you may have

loved the season,

it has passed.

and all that is left

are baubles

strewn around.

so many crumbs

of things

that were.

beautiful,

treasured,

laced with memory.

and while you

are allowed

to sit with them

and remember

as often as

you wish,

do not be slow

to put down these

playthings past,

walk out the door

and live.

——grief never really leaves, but it adjusts to make space for other stunning things.