No, I'm Not

Saxon Crow

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'

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Saxon Crow (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 12th, 2022 01:04
  • Comment from author about the poem: This is not related to me or anyone I know.
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 47
  • User favorite of this poem: Christina8.
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Comments9

  • Violet bluebell( used to be yellow rose)

    And a great expression too , crow ) well written . Grief is very difficult to deal with ..

  • orchidee

    A sensitive write SC.

  • L. B. Mek

    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'

    • Saxon Crow

      Thanks for reading LB.

    • Distant View

      A poignant scene. Departure and death take their toll.

      • Saxon Crow

        They can do. But life always goes on.

      • Christina8

        Very well written poem on a poignant subject. I couldn't imagine being without my husband. Great poem about grief in general!

        • Saxon Crow

          I couldn't imagine being without your husband either (oh what was that? 😝). Thanks Chris.

        • Rocky Lagou

          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.

          • Saxon Crow

            Thanks Rocky. Sorry for your loss my friend

          • dusk arising

            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.

            • Saxon Crow

              Thanks Dusk. I would have been polite about. Honest guv!

            • Rozina

              Very touching and very relatable. Many relatives are also going through this now as the older generation is lost one by one.

              • Saxon Crow

                It's sad how it all happens at once.

              • PridelessIdiot

                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*

                • Saxon Crow

                  Thanks for the thumbs up👍 PI 🙂



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