Like a Polaroid caught in a fire
Some moments can’t be recaptured
They are just gone
* * *
Like the names of unsung heroes
Some memories will be forgotten
They are just gone
* * *
Like a tune that’s never been played
Time will disappear
It is just gone
* * *
But like the oceans rising
You will not be rid of me
I am not gone
* * *
Like the Northern Lights blazing
My spirit will not fade
I will not be gone
* * *
Like an epic tale told
You will not forget me
My name will not be gone
* * *
I will not be gone
About the Creator
Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
Learn more about me: thewritersscrapbin.com
Support my writing: Patreon
Keep reading
More stories from Stephanie Hoogstad and writers in Poets and other communities.
The Cost
There is always a cost. Not the dramatic kind people imagine, not the cinematic sacrifice that earns applause, but the quiet, relentless toll that transformation demands. The cost begins long before you rise and continues long after you land. It threads itself through every choice, every boundary, every refusal to return to the version of yourself that once made survival look effortless.
By Elisa Wontorcik4 days ago in Poets
Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts4 days ago in Longevity
Comments (2)
Such a great affirmative poem, Stephanie!
Some next level imagery in this Stephanie. Loved the resilience and just how each time you write a new poem how your skills sharpen. Great work, truly.