Sadness is awareness of loss.
Infinite regret grappling with what never was or will be
Liminal void, grief seeping and pooling in a vacuum
Expanding into the elastic sphere of never-to-be-met expectation
Noiseless shrieks and screams paired with deaf ears
Cacophonous NOTHING, sucking thought and breath from memory and soul
Evacuating thoughts while leaving leaden lacerated longing voiceless.
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Inspired by Miley Cyrus' Used to be Young
Written for Vocal's Moment of SILENCE Challenge
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Judey Kalchik
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Comments (9)
Silence can be wonderful...or it can be soul damning. This captures that.
Such strong word choice throughout! Excellent acrostic!
Brilliantly-crafted! BRAVO!
Captured the grief the cloud of regret!!!❤️💕
Just get it out and remember when done just smile up at the Lord. Good work on this poem. It could help a lot of people.
you can feel the anguish of sadness in the poem. Excellent creation
So poignantly painful.
This is excellent. This right here "Infinite regret grappling with what never was or will be." I know this feeling well.
Very well done, there is a definite feeling of familiarity in this