Monday, 17 November 2025

The Moon Doesn't Know You're Gone by Autumn Graves

This book of poetry was great at showing how grief can linger in your life after loss. Some really great and relatable poems I found in this collection were: A Grief Like This, falling apart in quiet normal life moments. When I Dream Of You, trying to still be able to reach them, even if you can't now physically. The Sound Of Your Name, how people can stop reacting to hearing the name of your beloved person after they've gone whereas to you it's still heartbreaking to hear someone say their name. The Grocery Store, how suddenly seeing items they loved and you'd buy can be a sad emotional trigger even in public, tears can come. The Quiet Things, how items around the house of theirs remain like they could walk back in at any moment. The title too, I really love, the moon a witness only to the night-time when we can feel deeply and be seen then by it sometimes immersed in the sadness we feel deeply.

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