Moving along
Each day comes - one upon another
The rivers that raged only months ago
Have slowed to a winter pace
Not frozen but slower
More graceful
Tameable
But still -
They move

The grief is slower
Softer
gentler in some ways
But it is still grief
The tears still fall
Unbidden
Unwelcome
Unwanted
Tears that join the flowing water of time
And are lost
In its slow movement
Forever