i waited
for the day
i would learn
to hate you
instead of pining
for your love
that never was.
i waited for beautiful
rage
that would warm
my heart
because you never did.
i waited for fury
to take me
like a storm
and wash away
my longing
for your smile.
but it never came.
and i still cannot
hate you
even though
you took away
the light in my eyes
and the wild in my soul
and you do not even know
that you did.
legs dangling
off the dock
i look to the white sky
with no clouds
and pray for lightning
to strike.
About the Creator
Sara
Don’t look for love.
Be love.
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The steps to losing a child
Step One: Lose a child. Not what anyone wants to happen and nothing you can do to change it, but you can go through steps to becoming happy again. You can go through steps to loving again. You can go through steps to become a new you because after losing a child you will never be the same person you once were.
By Tabitha Hinkley3 days ago in Fiction
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This is great! Heartbreaking and relatable. Beautifully written!
Really beautiful!
Your compelling and skillfully written story kept me eagerly anticipating the next developments, skillfully blending emotions and suspense for a truly captivating experience. I'd appreciate it if you could also take a moment to read my work!
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Love this. Beautifully written.
The beginning was just as impactful as the end! Really sad and frustrating, yet gorgeous work! Well done!!!
Superb ending!
It's beautiful!
I felt this. Very beautifully written ❤️
first of all, congratulations on your TS status ... NOW, WOW just WOW This poem is awesome. I felt that way the day my first left home. I sat with my two young sons and wondered what would happen to the three of us. Then, I woke up. Or rather, my heart did. I realized the man I fell in love with wasn't the man who left. The man I fell in love with died somewhere along the way. Since the man who left was a stranger, I had no feelings one way or the other. My sons and I made a new life and were happier for it. But, your poem certainly hits home for me. Did you, by chance, crawl into my head and see my memories? Love this.
Beautifully written. Feels like a page out of my own life. Life will improve. Love will come again. And we will learn to live again.
Amazing. I especially loved these lines " i waited for beautiful rage that would warm my heart because you never did."
So heartbreaking... hope you're getting well
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