Why is it, love, that you have flown
and left no touches, hugs, or kisses?
Now, I'm feeling left alone.
*
Our love -- developed, nurtured, grown,
was one of my life's biggest blisses.
I don't enjoy being left alone.
*
Your humor, the best I'd ever known,
one more thing that everyone misses.
I don't like being left alone.
*
I'll somehow make it on my own
despite the empty-feeling premises.
I really don't like being left alone.
*
Your absence chills me to the bone
and leaves me with unanswered wishes.
I cannot stand being left alone.
*
The silence is a constant drone,
and now I have but reminisces
of each and every milestone.
Now, I despise being left alone.
**
For my late husband, may he rest in peace.
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Julie Lacksonen
Julie has been a music teacher at a public school in Arizona since 1987. She enjoys writing, reading, walking, swimming, and spending time with family.
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I stepped carefully around the corner, the familiar sights and sounds hitting me like a brick to the face. My eyes watered. I could practically see us, all of us, back then, clustered around the outdoor tables in front of the pizza shop, the bar, the coffee shop. I could smell the various stalls from the events we’d been to on this street. I could taste the churros and nachos.
By Phoenixica244 days ago in Fiction
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HUGS to your Heart of LOVE > > > AMEN > > > Your absence chills me to the bone and leaves me with unanswered wishes. I cannot stand being left alone.
Rest in Peace. My wife ghosted me when I had cancer. Just because I was sick, she left me.
Happy Day of LOVE HUGS my friend
This is heartbreaking and so full of devotion. Beautiful words.
So sorry 🙏 I pray for you to find peace.
I'm so sorry for your loss 🥺 Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
Julie you expressed a feeling that I hope not to feel for a long time. My deepest condolences
My condolences on your loss. Your poem expresses the sense of loss perfectly.