Poetry Break - Grief Has Arrived

Poetry Break - Grief Has Arrived

Experience the emotional and inspiring tales of recovery through a different doorway: poetry. In this short "Poetry Break" from the Recovery Crone Podcast, the focus shifts from step work and stories to the spoken word, as a gentle pause in the day for anyone walking through grief and addiction recovery. The episode centres on poet Priscar Njeri’s piece, "Grief Has Arrived", originally shared on her scar_poetry Instagram. The poem personifies grief as a familiar visitor: "Hello, old friend. Welcome.

I have kept your cup in the door under the kitchen sink." Rather than pushing pain away, grief is invited in, given tea, and treated with calm curiosity. Listeners hear grief spoken to like a guest who brings messages: "You will teach me my love, what needs healing." The words keep circling back to safety and calm, repeating reassurances like "Here you are safe" and "Peace.

The tone is soothing, almost like a guided meditation, yet honest about the weight grief carries: "You will tell me how it feels to carry the heart of the world." There’s no promise that grief will vanish, only that it can be welcomed without drowning in it: "Because here, we grieve, but we do not drown." This episode is ideal for anyone in recovery who needs a quiet moment to breathe, reflect, and maybe see their own pain in a kinder light.

Be still." For people in OA, Al-Anon, ACoA or any recovery path, that idea of sitting with feelings instead of running from them may feel very familiar. If grief turned up at your door today, would you slam it shut—or put the kettle on and hear what it has to say?