I've Lost It

I’ve lost it

Finally, without finding any resistance

It ran away from me.

I held too tightly

Loath to lose a lover’s hand

I wrapped my fingers around a neck

And tightened, tightened

Without finding any resistance

I cut off all existence.

I’ve lost it

My mind�"my heart

My sanity.

I signed on to a dating website

In hopes of finding love.

But the lists of physical attributes

Caused me to come undone.

I began to describe the things I wanted

Should I want another try

… But I realized, too late

The one I described wasn’t listed

For dreams cannot replace reality.

I’ve lost it

See how I’m rambling so?

I realized�"a few moments ago

That I no longer seek the comfort

Of my mother’s silky hands

Fleeing to instead

Die in the embrace of a man

Who holds my life in his hands.

… But�"I’ve lost it

Without knowing hat it is I’m missing

Only knowing that it is essential

And I need it desperately.

I’ve lost it, finally

Without finding any resistance

I’ve lost all aspects of pain

… Even the good kind.

I’ve lost it.

Reviews

[masqued_muse]

I like this, Shayla...paints sorrowful portrait of something lost...just don't lose you.

[Andrea Vargas]

nicely done!!! your poetry amazes me!

[The Analog Kid]

Very nice conversational flow. I really like this one a lot:) Very straight forward, but in a good way.

[joshua deathdealer]

I love the emotions here. Good portrayal.

[SpokenWord]

We all go of course and lose it and the more we seek the more we lose it, a circle that time can fix. If one sits still and simply listen become one with the sound of nature they will hear it, they will feel it and within that silence from within they will find that which they lost which isn't lost in the first place we just get distracted by things that blind us from truth.

"Without knowing hat it is I’m missing" I think you meant That and not Hat here.

Nice job!

[Silent Knight]

Very nice.