Words left unsaid too late to speak
That gentle smile your eyes did seek
Will never reach these lips of mine
As the curtains close on treasured times
Hands once held now feel the cold
Your warm embrace I'll no longer know
And in this crowd I'm so alone
Numbed to touch within my soul
Sweet perfume that filled the air
A scented image to say you're there
Is fading clean on closeted clothes
And what's left to smell are dust and bones
Raucous laughter loud and clear
A ringing bell upon the ear
Is an echo fading in this home
So loudly silent now I'm on my own
The photographs all gather dust
And pots and pans all turn to rust
As my eyes betray me where I look
A constant reminder of what was took
And every sense betrays the truth
That I'll never stop missing you
There's just no reason anymore
Because you are dead and forever gone
So I awake now every day
In this premonition of a grave
With my only piece of tiny hope
To hear you say 'No, I'm not'
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Saxon Crow (
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And a great expression too , crow ) well written . Grief is very difficult to deal with ..
Thanks VB.
A sensitive write SC.
Thanks Orchi
really well written
shows great skill, to word
such a sensitive topic
whilst staying in control
of your delivery..
and crafting an emotive read
with graceful subtlety
than dramatic exaggeration..
thanks for sharing, dear Poet
'A ringing bell upon the ear
Is an echo fading in this home
So loudly silent now I'm on my own
The photographs all gather dust
And pots and pans all turn to rust'
Thanks for reading LB.
A poignant scene. Departure and death take their toll.
They can do. But life always goes on.
Very well written poem on a poignant subject. I couldn't imagine being without my husband. Great poem about grief in general!
I couldn't imagine being without your husband either (oh what was that? 😝). Thanks Chris.
Truly written well. To everyone who has lost loved ones, like myself, I know this will hit home. Your descriptions are really interesting and the rhyme ties it all together.
Thanks Rocky. Sorry for your loss my friend
I've read this through a few times and have the feeling that this piece needed to be written. It is so well written that i sense it took time to compose and now appears as a statement of the great loss of a much loved figure in your life.
And then I read your author's note lol. Well i was going to delete my comment above and start again but, no... it's a credit to you skills as a creative writer. Well done poet.
Thanks Dusk. I would have been polite about. Honest guv!
Very touching and very relatable. Many relatives are also going through this now as the older generation is lost one by one.
It's sad how it all happens at once.
Beautiful poem. Rhymes and imagery were employed really well to describe the pain that was gone through. I thoroughly felt the pain that the persona was going through. *thumbs up*
Thanks for the thumbs up👍 PI 🙂
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