The future really scares me
It never crosses my mind very often
but when it does all I can feel is that impending sadness
I think of my grandparents,
will they see me walk down that aisle?
I think of my friends,
will they congratulate me when I’m promoted?
It seems to be more of who will leave
then who will stay
And that haunts my days
Will I come home from college
and be greeted by my dogs?
It’s scary to think that those things,
those things I hold so close
may not be there at my best
while the future is full of successes
why should that matter if those I love
won’t be there for me to see at those best times
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Author:
Brynlee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This feeling that I have for the future came to me after my “poppy” (my mother’s step-dad) passed. I thought about how he never saw me graduate both high-school and college. How he never saw me walk down an aisle and that hurt so much. He never saw me at my best times because I never really saw him. It scares me when I think of my family that is still here with me and how maybe they won’t see me at my best. I want them to see me when I graduate school and when I get married but there part of me that knows that may not happen. And it makes me scared of the future where I don’t have them anymore.
- Category: Sad
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Comments2
The fear of losing loved ones before they achieve in life and not being to share that success and joy with them, very relatable write, nicely expressed
I hear the concern over other's passing and when important ties are broken one questions life itself. A most thought provoking and emotive piece
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