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I wish you were immortal

April 26, 2021
By R_70 GOLD, Princeton, New Jersey
R_70 GOLD, Princeton, New Jersey
11 articles 3 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say." - Flannery O'Connor


My dearest….


I wish you were immortal


Or life would be bland


Days would be an agonizing drag from what they used to be 


I would hum the songs of sorrow through my memories 


Before drifting off to nightmares


My eyelashes would drip with tears like damp leaves on a rainy evening


Loving would seem impossible to do again


You were a piece of work


Your chest was filled with soft fists radiating through the mirror


You were a warrior


Reminding me that women were not beasts


But rather rebels of our time


Shattering differences into puzzle pieces meant to be fit together


For now, the bed will stay larger than usual


The pictures will stay in place


And the ring will be left unoccupied


The author's comments:

This is a free verse poem describing the feelings of grief and sorrow. This is from the perspective of a grieving husband.


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Afra ELITE said...
on Feb. 22 2022 at 2:16 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
102 articles 7 photos 1819 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."
-Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

This is so beautiful and touching...Good work getting this on editor's choice...⭐⭐⭐

on Jun. 7 2021 at 10:21 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

its beautiful, so sad

R_70 GOLD said...
on Jun. 7 2021 at 6:13 pm
R_70 GOLD, Princeton, New Jersey
11 articles 3 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say." - Flannery O'Connor

thanks @lydiaq !

Lydiaq ELITE said...
on May. 27 2021 at 7:21 pm
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
172 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.
--me

Wow, I love this title, classic!