Photo by Bree Leto The weather is grey as if it can sense my thoughts about you During a solitary walk I whisper your name to the trees – each syllable holding a tapestry of memories In my ashen mood I take refuge under the hemisphere of an evergreen I sigh into the leaves hoping they’ll send messages on theContinueContinue reading “Leaves (with audio)”
Tag Archives: loss
What To Say
Image found here on Pinterest As I watch your world shattermine does too into a complex mix of compassionand putting myself in your shoes I’m glad it’s not me but I don’t want it to be you What can I saythat could possibly take the pain away?There are no wordsand there’s no need Words can’t heal a broken heart and mourningContinueContinue reading “What To Say”
Unrecognisable
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels I searched for youamongst familiar letters and phrases– I didn’t recognise a single wordI no longer speak your languageWhat I found was our immaturityappearing in all our misunderstandingsuntil our storyread like abandoned hopeIf I could take us back to all our wrong decisionsI’d try my hardest to convince us to take a different path– If only weContinueContinue reading “Unrecognisable”
Yang
I’m missing my yangWithout you I’m in a tailspinWithout you I’m spiralling d o w n w r d sHalf of my soulContinueContinue reading “Yang”
Empty House
Image found here on Pinterest She moved out – Took the whiskey and the couch. The place is neater now But far too quiet He paces the hallway Looking into rooms With restless limbs And a broken spirit They had been disconnected for months But that does make it easier. There is just too much space left InContinueContinue reading “Empty House”
Too Painful
Original image found here It’s too painful to be herein this city full of souls I am alone and disoriented in the streets. Winter has taken overthe familiar venues are so coldthe food has no taste and the coffee is weak. After all this time my body aches with the loss of warmth and the soothing soundsContinueContinue reading “Too Painful”
Little Life
You can follow me on Instagram (if you feel so inclined) Dear Little life I felt insideI saw you there before you died And now I will remain bereft In the empty space that you left Mother’s Day… I know that this day can hold both joy and pain. I acknowledge both of these emotions and honourContinueContinue reading “Little Life”
Less these days
I think of you less these daysand although I know that’s a good thingit also makes me a little sadbecause once…you were my everything
Faded
Photo by Ian Panelo on Pexels.com At the edge of her tomorrow,I am one step awayfrom being another memory. I start fading into all the dreams she chooses not to remember. I start fading from the midnight of her eyesas she turns back to her sun.I start fadinginto the blackness of her pain,forgotten as theContinueContinue reading “Faded”