Those floodgates open for a reason, sometimes being to release pain so that we can move forward. As author's-noted in my latest poem, https://medium.com/@marcus17043/open-the-windows-to-your-soul-5db331a8870f, which you read and appreciated but some of your readers may not have, "I often describe grief as being infinitely deep pain pockets which as they drain but never empty create room for infinite amounts of light to fill the chasms."