Terrifying symmetry

I know the terrible sadness

That breaks your heart in two

Cleaving rhyme from reason

I know the thunder roar of searing pain

That visits us

In such a cold and desolate season

I know the tough wasteland ground

Grown stony and dark

Strewn with lost pieces of wreckage

And that is why at this point in time

I so long to say

Please my darling hold onto life

As harsh as it can be

With all its terrifying symmetry

There is still deeply hidden within

These harshest of  experiences

A dark gift

Everything inside you

Wants to leave unopened

But so so desperately needs

To unpack