FADING

and fading and fading

so few people talk to me anymore

it is like I have disappeared

 

s  l  o  w  l  y

 

maybe I haven’t disappeared completely

if I vanished

swallowed by thin air

you might notice me more

maybe you would miss me

my absence residing inside you

a little piece of emptiness

of longing

no

 

I must be disappearing

as each day fades

into a relic

into a distant memory

so do I

so do we

 

as I become a blemish on your past

do you ever stop

and wonder

whether I was just a part of your imagination

a game you played with yourself

 

but I am real

over here

slowly fading

as if the sun, ordered by the universe, the creator

is focusing all its attention onto

me

washing away the colour I once had

I once gave to you

what we once shared

it is fading

 

when I look down

at myself

when I look down I see nothing but

an empty pair of shoes

my hands hold nothing

touch nothing

for they have dissipated back into space, time

recycled by the universe

 

and what is left of me

what am I doing

I am just floating

just fading

disappearing

 

Reviews

[several thousand]

Nicely put lua!
Recycled by the universe. That leaves us with some hope right. Maybe we'll be recycled into something hipster like a disposable coffee cup or something.
No, but seriously. I really liked this poem.
You expressed yourself well.
Nice job with formatting too.
=]

[lua]

thank you :)

[Raymond Pratt]

I love the physical use of structure and format in this fine poem. It's sublime linguistic aesthetics appeal to the senses. Well done ✅ I shall endeavor to read more.

[lua]

thank you :)

[Valentine]

A different idea for a write. I expect as we venture through life we will feel this way at one time or another. Valentine

[lua]

i agree, we all get lonesome at times, it is all part of being human

[PaynefulWriting]

Woah! Now this one was amazing! I loved how you made the font smaller each line. The message within the poem was deep and I've felt such before. Good job!

[lua]

thank you :)