And Still It Lingers

I just can’t seem to shake it, this lingering, stinging,

burning thought that I have lost you.

I can’t escape the images, the visions,

the constantly running pictures of you

playing over and over in my head.

I can see your smile, I can hear your laugh,

I can feel your touch on my skin.

I can so vividly envision you, just on the edges of my memory

but I know you have already gone.

I miss you so much I’m bleeding, and this sadness

has draped itself over me like a veil.

I am hidden from the light, I am hidden from the sun,

and I am struggling to find my way home.

There is nothing here that binds me,

nothing holding me together, nothing solid.

I am disconnected, ragged, and torn

and there is nothing left to hold on to.

I can see the motion and I can hear the sounds

of life proceeding around me.

Things are happening and people are living

but I feel like time has stood still.

I cannot move or speak or think or function in a normal way,

I am frozen here numb and waiting.

I am broken again, I have been here before

but this time it’s not quite the same.

This time I am facing it head on, conscious and unwavering.

This time I am sober and awake and feeling every ounce of the pain.

This time I am stronger although I still have a hard time believing it.

This time and this feeling is the purest thing I have ever felt.

 

 

   

Reviews

[Sleeping Maiden]

Awww... very touching poem. Nice imagery here. =D So much sadness coming from it... i like it.