Digital Illustration - Grief, inspired by Shannon Barry

The words included in the illustration are taken from the following poem by Shannon Barry:

I met grief when I was
twenty-two
through a mutual friend.

I thought the pain might
extend to his
doorstep but no further

and was surprised when
every night
grief followed me home.•
“you don’t belong to me”
I said
and grief said nothing.
the next night there were
familiar footsteps
but when I turned to face grief
I saw that it was
just love
in a heavy coat.•
“you can leave that at the door”
I said
and was just as surprised
when I invited love inside.