Grief Astronomer by Andrea Gibson

A difficult life is not less

worth living than a gentle one.

Joy is simply easier to carry

than sorrow. And your heart

could lift a city from how long

you’ve spent holding what’s been 

nearly impossible to hold

This world needs those 

who know how to do that. 

Those who can find a tunnel 

that has no light at the end of it 

and hold it up like a telescope 

to know the darkness 

also contains truths that could 

bring the light into its knees.

Grief astronomer, adjust the lens,

Look close, tell us what you see.