loss – Secret Thoughts Within

What To Say

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 mourning has its own unique pathContinue reading “What To Say”

Unrecognisable

I searched for youamongst familiar letters and phrases– I didn’t recognise a single wordI no longer speak your language What I found was our immaturityappearing in all our misunderstandingsuntil our storyread like abandoned hope If I could take us back to all our wrong decisionsI’d try my hardest to convince us to take a different path– If only we hadContinue 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 soulContinue reading “Yang”

Empty House

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 In the house and in hisContinue reading “Empty House”

Too Painful

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 sounds of conversation. There’s noContinue reading “Too Painful”

Little Life

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 honour women and Mothers everywhere regardless of their experiences 💜

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

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 the dawn light spillsback into herContinue reading “Faded”