CHANGES
Revised quite a bit, when I first penned this I had been writing quite a bit about loss. (My story ‘Remembrance’ explains the concept – particularly of the second stanza.)
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Wordless (fine tuned)
poem has been amended due to a typo and also, once posted I felt it could do with a brush up. (thanks Luigi) In silence, I watched him leave mute with disbelief. ‘Wordless’ has become my portent, escape from un-corked expression leading to short-circuiting, mind-blowing emptiness. Chatter is superficial, meaningless. Overwhelming emotion integration of great pain
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The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief, Hilary Stanton Zunin You think small but inside this house you’re too much body, all elbows, knees and hollow heart banging against hard walls And when the ache in his voice his words, echo inside your head like discordant church-chimes
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He went away on the 2nd of March. My wife and I are still prone to tears. A great soul has he.
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The loss of my beloved pet, Ludo, is devastatingly painful, but everything is subjective isn’t it?
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Just A Small Box.
Lost To Me.
He was always there
Soon to Fly
She lies like a helpless bird eyes closed, tiny now and frail. Immaculate as ever in her pristine nightie and pearl earrings. My voice pulls her back from her dreams. Taking her hand, she smiles confused and hardly audible . She knows it’s me. Ignoring protocol i join her on her bed. Cradled in my arms as Jim Reeves
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