Sunsets

I'm familiar with sadness

lingering melancholy

Has been with me forever

Like a sister

Or a mother

Like a familial relationship

A bond that can't be broken

Because blood is thicker than water

But grief?

Grief is unknown

Grief came to me without warning

Grief came without asking

Only taking

Grief took parts of me that are irretrievable

As long as what is lost remains dead

As long as the sun rises in the east

And sets in the west

Some days if I stay busy enough

or distracted enough

it's not as noticeable

Like when the sun sets on a cloudy day

And there's only a

very small

very faint

Color change along the horizon

Grey tinged pink,

Only noticed by those who are looking

But grief means I am always looking

And I always notice

It's just that sometimes

The sunset takes my breath away

And sometimes it doesn't