Loss

Loss.
Loss is a feeling not just a word.
It's the memories we've buried,
It's the people we've left behind.
I'm not the only one whose felt it.
I'm not the only one whose said it either.
That night when she passed away,
When I watched my mother cry.
That morning when I was by her side,
When the world took her mother away.
Loss.
What does it really mean.
To me or to you.
The loss of someone, of something.
The loss of hope.
The world burning around us,
Hatred becoming clear.
Death and descruction,
Fear in overload.
The countries in ruins,
Everyone knows.
So Loss.
It calls to us in the wind.
It breaks what we know.
However,
In the end it leaves for more.
It bores holes to be filled with emotion.
Hope, love, future.
So that I say.
That is,
Loss.

Author's Note

Written for a prompt contest back on the website deviantart. I'm rather proud though. The prompt was loss.

Reviews

[Valentine]

Having lost parents, sister and brothers and also my husband and a child, I feel this loss every day but have to reach beyond it all to cope and just go on living in God's world. Valentine

[T.S. Sky]

Yes everyone suffers loss but in loss sometimes something new or very old can be found. I love the thoughts your poem can bring.

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing use of words and thoughts dear Poet.
"Hope, love, future.
So that I say.
That is,
Loss."
Loss is when we can't see the good near us no-more. I liked the complete poem. Made the reader think.
Coyote

[barleygirl]

Your poem about loss shows us many different sides of this weighty word. I like the way you've combined the philosophical IDEA of loss with the details of an actual loss of life. I like the way you touch upon how our world is in a messy place with too much loss. Your ending seems to suggest that even tho loss leaves a void, it's something that can be filled with whatever comes next in life.

[Inject Positivity]

Loss! Phew!!! It's the word that has been connected with me all my life and I have seen mostly the hard side of it. Your poem gives us an opportunity to remember those moments again, not in a hard way but in an emotional way. There is a process of growth through loss, and like the waves of ocean, loss takes away something from us to give us something back...

Beautifully meaningful...

Sincerely
Dhiman

[Emosawa]

Love the aesthetic of the piece. The words were symmetric and therefore were both aesthetic in metaphor and shape.

[Einstein Noodle]

whew! i think your poem about covers it.. there are of course some "losses" that are positive .. i lost my toothache .. i lost my lack of self confidence ;) but your poem is on the dark side for sure .. and your point made ..i feel unsettled upon reading so it is emotive ..loss as part of the grieving package as you say..is well known .. often under estimated .. straight forward free verse .. i feel as if i am in intimate conversation with your speaker..now that i think about it .. loss is one thing we are assured of in our lives .. wow! kind of a shocker!
E.

[andrew mitchell]

loss is a strong emotion found in sorrow and pain. You captured the theme well.