Natural Causes

For the creative poetry group.

Days without him numbers her calendar.

Liquid pain she wears on her face.

Porecelain skin fades into darkness,

cutting her respiration into shallow cries.

Heart has been maltreated,

broken promises beat to unsteady breathing.

She's dying of natural causes.

 

Life drained of effervescent

sends a penetrating chill to a numb body.

Memories of an imaginary love

enclose sharp blows to a dead mind.

She's dying of natural causes.

 

She lays motionlessness,

unable to use her dexterity.

Glazed eyes focus on a photo of him.

Stiff mouth whispers his name.

She's dying of natural causes.

 

Unable to arouse his aphrodisiac

she sinks lower into her grave.

Ready to vanish from this world,

pleading for a speedy end.

Pulse weakens as the scent of him lingers.

She's dying of natural causes.

 

Deep wounds go to the innermost

parts of her being.

Now able to discern that she is

nothing without him, death is her companion.

Coherent that she is dying of natural causes.

 

A broken heart.

Author's Note

What do you think?

Reviews

[Judy Ponceby]

I think wow! intense and so tragic. Excellent use of the words.

[Coyote Poetry]

I have been lucky. I can get over most pain in time. I have met people with broken dreams and life. Your strong poem made me feel some of their pain.
"Heart has been maltreated,
broken promises beat to unsteady breathing.
She's dying of natural causes."
Some pain must end with death as the peace. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Poetic Beauty]

A broken heart can be fatal sometimes. When couples have been married for years and one spouse dies usually the other passes on within a year or so after. Pain can cause many health issues. You have describe the deep emotional pain quite well.