What I Lost

Jeremy Cohen

I lost my innocence

I lost my brain chemistry

I lost a lot of friendships

I lost all self respect

I lost my care for privacy

I lost my expensive apartment

I lost the dog that I loved so very much

I lost my boyfriend that I only liked the idea of

I lost a highfalutin lifestyle intended for royalty

I lost all hold on reality losing my frikken mind

I lost my best friend to the void

I lost my parents

I lost the big house I grew up in

I lost my way

I lost my learning disabilities

I lost my sense of security

I lost any sense of happiness

I lost more than you know but I carry around so much

I lost the care for what I’ve lost

I lost some character defects

I lost some character defects that made me a bad person

I lost so much recently I’ve surprisingly changed

I lost even you

 

  • Author: Jeremy Cohen (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 16th, 2018 08:17
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments4

  • Resa71

    Sounds like you’ve been through it friend!
    I like the way you interjected the loss of some negitive aspects of yourself.
    It made me pause, I believe that was your intention,
    To “ Lose the reader in the end”
    Nice twist.
    Resa. 🙂

    • Jeremy Cohen

      Thank so much, very nice of you to say these kind words.

    • Nicholas Browning

      Loss is a teacher. Learn well.

      • Jeremy Cohen

        Agreed. Thank you, that's the idea.

      • Lorna

        Sounds like some of the things you lost were worth losing .... clears the path..........

      • Michael Edwards

        Some journey - great that things are okay now - I love the way this is structured

        • Jeremy Cohen

          yeah quite a wild ride, but things are quite well. thank you 🙂



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