Tag: sadness

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 97

Day 97: “Severance”

What if you didn’t feel loss

Well you did

But it was the other you

Severance

And when that loss came up

You’d be a different you

One that holds all of that pain

I wonder how heavy that’d be

And would the memories go too?

The good, happy ones?

What would it be like to sever the grief

Would it be like they never existed at all?

Would it be unfair to yourself?

Your other self

To give them the loss

Or would they be better off

More resilient

Stronger

What would that make you? Without the grief?

Would you even be you at all?

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 96

Day 96: “Not Feeling”

I don’t really feel like being witty

I don’t feel like being smart

I don’t feel like cracking jokes

I don’t feel like cracking smiles

But I also don’t feel like frowning

I don’t feel like pouting

I’m in an in-between place

The air is still

There is no sound

No time

I don’t feel like caring

I don’t feel like being numb

Maybe I’m just overwhelmed

By the state of the world

By everyday life

Maybe I just need a break

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 80

Day 80: “What Do You Do”

What do you do

When your pet is dying

My heart is breaking

I wish she could tell me what she needs

I don’t want her to be in pain

I can’t stop crying

How do I know when it’s her time?

Now she just lays with me

I cry

And she’s probably wondering, “What’s her problem?”

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 75

Day 75: “Bad News”

I got some bad news

I was living in delusional bliss

Believing my cat would live forever

Never leave me

But that is not the case

I’m not stupid

I know she won’t live forever

But I can’t accept

That she’ll leave me

I’m not ready

Fingers crossed today’s bloodwork tells a different story