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A Gift of Grief is a narrative-driven, raw and self-critical exploration of relationships that break under the weight of poor communication, unmet emotional needs, and unhealed personal wounds. Told through three distinct voices, the husband, the wife, and the symbolic child, who becomes a failed outcome of their bond, the book highlights various psychological concepts like anxious and avoidant attachment, emotional dependency, and unresolved guilt. This book offers accountability from an overly-expressive and anxious husband, who masks personal truths through poetic performance, to his silent, reserved and avoidant partner, who walks away after over giving, feeling unheard and worthless, emotionally exhausted, and chronically silenced. Through metaphorical imagery and verbal gore, the author dissects his own behaviour, while trying to give his former partner a voice too, not to redeem himself, but to understand her, and to face the permanent changes their fractured bond left behind. This is not a love story. This is a post-mortem. It is a psychological work in the form of poetry, to expose the patterns that destroyed something once loved. It shows how unhealed wounds can cause people to unknowingly spoil bonds, be misread as toxic, and let love collapse. The book has multiple interpretations, but at its core, it is about owning your damage before it owns you, and breaking the cycle of blame games and generational trauma.