#loss poetry

[coffeexxcigarettes]

Tomorrow

-

You called today.

I stared at the phone,

Fear in my stomach.

That familiar worm of hope,

Wiggling its way through my heart,

Lodging itself in my thoughts.

I answered with hesitation-

And it was you.

Tears pricked my eyes,

As we spoke and laughed for hours.

Every silence sent a pang of fear through me.

Please don't say you have to go,

Who knows if this is the last time we'll speak,

I've missed you.

I've missed you.

You raised me.

You sounded healthy and happy,

I sounded hopeful and hurt,

And we both knew time was fighting to get between us.

Yet we talked, and talked, and talked.

I love you.

I'll call you tomorrow.

The silence that lingered after placed a rock

In my throat,

No amount of struggling could swallow.

Tears flowed over my flushed cheeks,

My heart raced in my chest.

I've said goodbye to you in hundreds of ways,

Spoken about you to hundreds of people,

Hurt for you for hundreds of hours.

I'll take this silence,

I'll hold on to it forever.

I'll never change

That horrible ringtone.

And I'll ignore the pain I know is set for me,

Because I made you laugh.

I made you laugh.

I made you laugh.

x

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[imfullofworms]

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[pandoraspoet]

Rain falls

Drip drop

Drip drop

On silent sidewalks

devoid of you,

No tiny toes

no size 2 shoes

to splash in puddles

and bring sunshine to

cumulous days…

and days…

and days…

Rain falls

Drop drip

Drop drip

Down my cheeks

onto the floor

where empty boots

sit by the door,

A calendar marks

days I’ve missed

tiny fingers, an

Eskimo kiss

Nimbus clouds

live in my brain

every time

I say your name

which tattooed

on my bones

remains,

Since sodden month

when left alone,

He called you…

home?

April is

the cruelest

month

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[meekmice]

All around us

I used to think

I was invincible—

& then I lost

You.

Now I know death is here,

Even before it arrives.

& it lingers in the shadows

of the brightest days,

& most beautiful nights.

It’s in the cabinets,

& under the bed.

It’s in the words left unsaid.

Its in the rain &

wind,

It’s in the water.

It’s in you ,

It’s in me.

It doesn’t discriminate,

We’re all on the agenda.

That’s why I breathe deeply,

Live freely,

Count my blessings &

Always say I love you before I leave.

That’s why I ask you to

send me a text when you get home,

And let you know I’m thinking about you—

That’s why I

never take a moment for granted,

never delete pictures when I’m being petty

& try my best to be as present as possible.

Some day all we’ll have is pictures.

Make sure to take them.

But most of all…

Make sure you were there.

-T.R

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[captianm97]

Heart of Stone

A heart without love is a stone so cold,

Forgotten, yet restless and always alone,

Memories of warmth rush down to its core,

But darkness is always lurking, forevermore.

The dark brings the cold, and the cold brings the pain,

Pain of memories that drive it insane,

It waits, yearning for love's warm embrace,

Bracing for the pain it's sure to face.

The heart endures, seeking love to hold,

Starving for warmth in a world so cold,

Forgotten and alone, it longs to feel whole,

A heart of stone yearning to be made whole.

- Christian Cox

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[vostinare]

‘ghost in the shell’, 2023

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[michaeliosif]

- Michael Iosif

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[crumbing-elysium]

Sacrificial Lamb

I want it back

The love that I gave to you

But it’s gone

And you buried it some time ago.

I still struggle to understand where it went,

How one person can change so much,

So quickly

What did you whisper to your disciples?

Glancing over your shoulder to see if I still followed,

Your loyal little sheep.

I wonder if you buried it in their old house,

Or beneath the trailer steps.

Maybe in a pile of laundry and scraps, congealed with the ones I gave you.

God forbid, Arkansas.

You skin me with your shears and fashion me into a coat to cover your skin and bones

The sores you made with your lash rip apart as you walk away, and my noxious blood seeps into the river.

Poisoning the flock with my misfortune

I think I hate you in this life

but against my better judgement

I would tear myself asunder just to be loved by you again

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[tyswords2]

Ghostwriter by me

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[melancholyofdreams]

I’ll look at stars and whisper your name,

the echo of it never coming back to me.

I stumble upon hearing your thoughts in another’s voice.

I’ll look for you in my next lifetime and millions more after that.

I’ll look for you in every person I meet. Ill look for you in your favorite things.

I’ll look for you when we talk of you, hoping you hear how much you’re still loved.

I’ll hear you in your favorite song. I shall play it over and over if you wish.

I’ll play it so you never leave my side. I’ll imagine you next to me.

I’ll sing you songs in the dark and keep whispering your name hoping you hear me.

I’ll wish and i’ll wish on every star there is that you come back to me.

I will wait for however long it takes, I only wish to see you once more.

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[imfullofworms]

As a worm, I know death

Right after she visits

As slack-jaws stiffen

Vacant eyes marble

A glint of something

Is visible, tiny

Remnant

Of weight lifted, morbid euphoria

Broken shell now quietly hollow

That's how I know she's a she

No man could bring

Such a peace

Only woman, all

Mother could have

Tenderness enough

To gently ferry a soul

From the shores of life and

Onto her boat

by me :)

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[laikacore]

home is by laika wallace

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[artistic-pussy-power]

different types of love and loss

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[friendly-neighborhood-arsonist]

Loss is an empty tank.

Loss is the tears in my eyes when I remember that you are gone.

Loss is your faded face smiling at me.

Loss is the joy I felt when meeting you and the pain now that you're gone.

Loss is the proof that there was love.

You can't have loss without love.

You can't have love without loss.

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[ahpoems]

In your absence.

I  want you to scoop out my brain and climb into my mind. To see how empty the world is through heartbroken eyes.

A.H.

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