Flash
In a moment you were with me
In a moment you were here
Blinding in intensity
Pulling me so near
I never wanted to leave you
I never wanted to go
But in another moment
I was left with only longing
A lingering sense of touch
So fragile and elusive
A memory etched in dust
a wind to carry it away
A breeze to move it on
But I cannot truly forget you
So long as I live
Like a flash
And you were gone
An agonizing cry
From deep within me was drawn
Escaping from lips
That no longer felt like mine
So numb
And distant.
AUTHORS COMMENTARY
June 3rd 2023. This was a heavy month for my poetry. It was a rough month in all. Again, this is about the loss of my children. Everything in my world was consumed by them when they were delivered. They were the everything before me. And then... they were gone.
And it broke me.
And I don't know what else to say.
An example of free verse. These usually crop up when I'm feeling particularly raw emotionally.
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