some griefs augment the heart, enlarge

One angle blunts, another sharpens. 

Loss also: stone & knife. 

 

Some griefs augment the heart, 

enlarge; 

some stunt. 

 

Scentless loosestrife, 

rooms unwalked in, 

these losses are small. 

 

Others cannot be described at all. 

 

[Jane Hirshfield {1953- } 'Stone and Knife', from Come, Thief]