Feeling Empty

Feeling Empty

A Poem by Cherrie Palmer

All we needed was each other to face anything. My friend, confidant and lover. My husband and greatest love. You left me all to soon. Leaving me empty forcing me to dig deep for the reserve of our strength.

© 2023 Cherrie Palmer


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Love seem never to be fair. People, we loved. Lost too soon. Powerful and worthwhile thoughts shared dear Cherrie.
Coyote

Posted 9 Months Ago


Ah too many of us know this loss. But sometimes it is where are art is birthed. My sincere condolescences.

Posted 11 Months Ago


Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

Thank you Ken and yes I guess art springs forth from a broken-hearted. The highs and lows of the so.. read more
Cherrie,

Having lost my wife of 49 years, two years ago, this coming January, I can and do relate to all which you express within the heart felt Poem.

Marve

Posted 11 Months Ago


Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

11 Months Ago

Cherrie,

I would like to say that it is getting easier. No the hell I don't! Because.. read more
Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

11 Months Ago

I meant to say: The light of true love never dies, though the flame may flicker and appear to go ou.. read more
Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

Yes true love outlives the body and clings to the soul.
my thoughts are with you Cherrie, we will all impart our strength to you as you recover from a very sad event... condolences....
Warmly, B

Posted 11 Months Ago


Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

Thank you Betty
I feel alittle bit like myself today. Instead of a empty weight I must drag a.. read more
Betty Hermelee

11 Months Ago

Dear Cherrie
Don’t feel badly about crying….cry as much as you wish…. It releases emoti.. read more
MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHERRIE ~ KEEP THE FAITH AND KNOW HE WILL ALWAYS BE WATCHING OVER YOU AND YOU HAVE MEMORIES TO CARRY WITH YOU. 😇🙏🙏🙏

Posted 11 Months Ago


Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

Yes. I too believe he is waiting on me in Heaven. So, my heart is not without hope. I trust in our.. read more
I don't have the words to even begin to express my condolences properly. Although I know I'm a stranger on the internet, the pain in your words is very real. But so is the strength you two have. I come from a belief that our loved ones may pass, but they never really leave. You carry with you his love. There is nothing I could say to take away that loss, but I believe he still loves you very much.

May there be hope upon the horizon.

Posted 11 Months Ago


Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

Thank you, Kane. I appreciate your encouragement.
A remarkable introspective at such a difficult time. Condolences don’t feel like enough but that is all I can offer.

Winston

Posted 11 Months Ago


Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

Thank you Winston
My condolences. And praise. From sorrow comes an amazing work of poetic muscle flexing to the deepest depths of human emotion.

Ken

Posted 11 Months Ago


Sending you love, sending you hope. sending a promise to be here when, if - you need a friend.
(Dear Cherrie)

Am trying to call into the Cafe as often as can for now, so, message if you need to, please.

Posted 11 Months Ago


Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

You are a true treasure.
emmajoygreen

11 Months Ago

Back to leave your a hug, dear friend. (Cherrie)
Aw goodness-ME, Sweet Cherrie 🌾

My heart feels your own in this milestone travail in your life, M'Dear … but remember, and gain great comfort in your days ahead in knowing that, for every tactile sense of loss, there'll remain and grow sweet memories to comfort each grief-filled moment.
In addition, if nowhere else, never forget the many here who love you and will wrap our arms around you in your time of need now and in your days ahead … you need but reach out anytime, often as desired ⁓ never hesitate.
Cherrie,
Here's something that may gift a touch of comfort, as it did for me when composing it during my own poignant hours:

⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓

"ON LIFE and DEATH"
~ stepping into eternity ~

"From the unknown we come, to the unknown we return,
endlessly brilliant flashes in the infinitely ethereal."

... THE SUN ...
setting at one point, rises at another.
Every moment in its motion
is an eternal, uninterrupted rising and setting.

For, as the sun
rises in its setting and sets in its rising,

... so is Life and Death ...

We die when we are born
and
are born when we die.

Death⁓Sunrise⁓Birth⁓Sunset

ALL THIS....

is but the thoughts~dreams~fears
of the
Blind and Sleeping;
for, all Life
is a death beginning,

and all Death
is a life continuing,
neither apart, one from the other.


Richard W. Jenkins
©2013

In contemplation to the "impossibility"
of coming from nowhere and going to nowhere
~ with no source and no destination ~
this realization brings great comfort
from the loss of those who have left us
...that...
there has to be a somewhere else for Them ~ for Us.

⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓🕊⁓·•·⁓

Such a wondrously beautiful wedding picture makes one's soul sing ever-so softly.
Bless your lovely heart, Dear Cherrie ⁓ Richard 🍂

Posted 11 Months Ago


heavenscentgirl1

11 Months Ago

RICHARD, THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL HEARTFELT WORDS SHARED BETWEEN AND FOR LONG TERM .. read more
Cherrie Palmer

11 Months Ago

Thank you Richard. I always felt we were blessed. We were the perfect blending of being alike and .. read more
Richard🖌

11 Months Ago

I hear you, Cherrie 🙏
So very well, completely understood, beautifully put, and honestly s.. read more

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Cherrie Palmer
Cherrie Palmer

Springfield , MO



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I am a published poet and love poetry. After a lifetime of country living, I'm making a move back to town. I find my surroundings a great inspiration to me. I also have two books on Amazon Kindle: .. more..

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