How are you?
Such a robotic question
No one real
ever asks me that.
If they did I don't know
how I would reply.
I guess I'd start by saying that
I'm empty
I'm alone
I no longer
have a place to call home.
There's only ever bill collectors
on the other end of the phone.
In my chest there is a crushed
feeling of loneliness, a broken
hearted piece of nothing with
nothing remaining, and there's
no real way of explaining.
Losing something I only ever
partially had.
My bad, guess I'm really pretty
damn sad.
I write but it's exhausting
trying to turn dust into bling.
So I write about her and they give
me rewards for such poignant prose
but no one really knows, I can hardly
get out of bed and there are so many
regrets inside my head. Sometimes
I feel like I'm dead.
But I keep writing, churning out words,
wearing out my feelings, which are
welcome at any door but hers.
So don't ask me how I am. Tell me
I'm loved, that my feelings matter
and maybe just maybe I'll believe
you and for a brief moment things
will be better.
___________________________
Feel free to leave me a tip or buy me a coffee.
Thanks for reading! - Sam
About the Creator
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Sam Harty is a poet of raw truth and quiet rebellion. Author of Lost Love Volumes I & II and The Lost Little Series, her work confronts heartbreak, trauma, and survival with fierce honesty and lyrical depth. Where to find me
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Comments (5)
Bless Sam; things have a funny way of working out. The important thing is not to give up.
😢😢😢 Sending lots of hugs. Pray you feel better.
🫂Hugs. This is just so sad
So well said, Sam. Regardless of the outcome, we must go on creating for the purpose of love
aw Sam this is heartbreaking and relatale! I feel I know of what you speak and am sorry it's tough! accolades for poetry based on deeply real and sad emotional strains never soothe! you do well to keep writing and although I cant tell you when or how, i can say things will get better as you work through the pain!