I’ve been hesitant to publish this poem, as I’ve never written poetry before, and it came out of a very dark time in my life. But I’m no longer in that dark place, and I now feel I can offer it up to my readers, who may perhaps share my experience. ~Elizabeth
Will You draw out my grief,
Spin it on Your spindle?
For my grief is hard to spin,
I always resist it.
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It lies in wait, it’s been misplaced,
Matted up with rage and fear.
The coil’s too tight, the thread’s not right
There is no bending here.
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This wool’s unfit for weaving,
My heart is unprepared for healing.
And my pain demands disclosure:
Is Love enough to form my skein?
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So spin my grief upon Your spindle
Gently draw out yarn afresh.
Spin my grief upon Your spindle,
For my soul, it needs to stretch.
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Spin my grief upon Your spindle,
I want to learn Your love anew.
Spin my grief upon Your spindle,
Clear out the muck that sticks like glue.
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Spin my grief upon Your spindle,
Coat it with Your oil of Love.
Spin my grief upon Your spindle,
Weave a tapestry above.
The Trotter Family 
This was really beautiful. There’s something so delicate about the untangling of grief – I love this image
Thank you Tanya. I know grief is something you understand all too well.
Very beautiful. Thank you for being brave and sharing it.
And thank you for your encouragement, Bee 🙂
Beautifully said. Grief is always long and hard and a on going process. Sometimes we try to end it to soon.
True Greta! It is long and hard, and something we often try to end too soon.
Thank you so much for sharing your poem!
And thank you for reading and taking the time to comment!
What a beautiful, thought-provoking reflection. Thank you for sharing. Just discovered the Life Overseas site yesterday — so glad I did!
My own thoughts on grief are bundled into this short, 24-page e-book called Letters to Grief:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QG5YD6U
Thanks again for posting this! I look forward to reading more here soon.
Hi Kate! So nice to meet you here 🙂 I’m so glad you discovered A Life Overseas!! It’s awesome isn’t it?? 🙂 Thanks for the link to your grief book; I’ll have to go check that out. And I didn’t realize until I clicked on your blog that you’d been on Velvet Ashes before too — I remember reading that post. Such great community at Velvet Ashes too, for women living overseas. 🙂 Maybe we’ll be seeing more of each other in blogging in the future . . .
Speechless! You weaved my heart and mind with each word. My grief has no words
It’s so true Cathy — sometimes grief has no words. In fact, much of this poem was penned AFTER a season of hard tears and crying, not during it!
We believe God is near to the broken-hearted. So I pray you will feel His nearness in your grief, both now and evermore. May He keep you in perfect peace, and may He fix your thoughts on Him.
Much love, Elizabeth
I love this poem! Beautiful! Keep writing poetry!
Thanks Erin!