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Grief Is A Bone

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Nae USBT, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi · India Poetry · September 2026
Grief is said to be a learning process

Something you could adapt to

Outsmart, even

But that is wrong.

Grief is a bone that always heals warped

One that you have to re-break

Over and over again

As the rest of your body

Desperately tries to outgrow it.
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About the Author Nae USBT, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi · India

Nae is a writer from Delhi, studying at USBT, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. She writes about grief, memory, and the body's stubborn ways of carrying what it cannot heal.

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