Goodbye

Death is the final goodbye nobody wants to say......

Back home from the funeral 

everything the same as before 

perscriptions needing refills 

half a bottle of condioner 

her glass of water still full 

the right bedside empty

where other people saw one grave 

I saw two

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Davidgeo]

One of the only benefits of being born from a severely disordered upbringing is not having to deal with this part of the human experience. I feel for you guys. Life is bitter, it can be really bitter... the cost of normally enjoying the beauty is an eventual loss you will never recover from. (this is from someone with severe ptsd and an abandonment complex, so, I'm surely exaggerating). I do like the poem though David. You make good words come together with your brain.

[Dave W.]

Thank you David, sometimes the brain works the way I want it to, other times it has a mind of it's own.

[Davidgeo]

My pleasure. Grass helps in moderation.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

when someone very close to us passes...it can like we have passed as well...we lose our reason for living.
My dad went through this.

[Dave W.]

Sorry for your dad, the reality of loosing her hit after the funeral when I got home.

[Aura S]

I saw two... I did not see it coming, but I was hit with such force that I had to review this amazing poem. It truly takes you to the lost moments and nostalgic memories of those who aren't in our lives now. I like your brief phrases with heavy meaning.

[Dave W.]

Thank you for your kind words, I am trying to get better at brevity.

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

while a short work, this really hits like a brick wall. there is so much of the personal, truthful, and a careful balance between drama and the banal. the last 2 lines had me floored.
when i opened your profile just now, i was ready for some gloominess, but this i was not ready for.
i hope you are doing well. this writing is beautiful, while a very somber topic. i hope you keep at it especially as you go through these next few days.

[Dave W.]

Thank you Ern, I am actually happy, this was for a writting contest that had the prompt "Death". I drew on a memory of when I got home from the funeral for my first wife and all her things that were out like she was still alive.

[emmajoygreen]

Sadder than sad, Dave. Your few words are sensitively yet beautifully laid, my friend.

[Dave W.]

I am in a good place, this was born of a prompt "Death" in 40 words or less. I am actually happy. Thank you for the kind review.

[emmajoygreen]

Delighted to know that you're happy. :)