Spiritual Failure

Just read a tiny prayer for those who grieve ... and it gave me pause.

I know a lot of folks who grieve today.
Their friends will never know it.
Clever are the ways we hide our tears.
So on we go.

The prayer asked for transformation.
That grief might turn to joy.
And that's the problem.
We hide our grief.

Because it hasn't turned to joy.
As everyone wants for us.
That's a cruelty, for sure.
So we hide our "spiritual failure."