I’ve been waiting on a call
The one that says you
Have been in an accident
Took too many meds
Took two few
Passed away in your sleep
Had your last heart attack
Couldn’t live without your other half
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I’ve been waiting on a call
The one that says
No one’s there to listen for my silence
Those same old stories are only faded echoes
Don’t feel guilty about staying at arms length
There will be no more embraces
God’s put more space between us, and less
I got a call today
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Author’s note:
I have not yet received this call. This poem is my thoughts on when that time will inevitably come, in response to “close calls” that have happened in recent years.
About the Creator
Sean A.
A happy guy that tends to write a little cynically. Just my way of dealing with the world outside my joyous little bubble.
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 Hinkley4 days ago in Fiction
Comments (4)
The last line really hits!
Beautifully written & so sad🥺.
so beautifully written. (love that profile note of yours, very relatable:)
Oh my! This was heart-breakingly raw. How hard it must be to anticipate such a moment that you know will come someday and very sorry for the pain that clearly exists in this relationship. This was hard to read, but it was incredibly good.