Gone (but not forgotten)

How does one vanquish

That ever present feeling

Of emptiness and anguish

Keeping emotions tossing and reeling

 

As the old adage proclaims

The earth keeps on turning

Your fire for me no longer remains

Yet I keep the old flame burning

 

To love and to lose

Feeling of empty aching regret

Not by chance , yet someone I choose

To always love, and never forget

 

You always comforted me

Said we would grow old together

Never imagined that I would be

Without you forever

 

I took you for granted

Chipping away a solid foundation

My undying love, all you demanded

A heartache of my creation

 

I daydream you beside me

As if in a silent picture

I dream of what could be

Whilst choking on conjecture

 

The one that got away

There are other fish in the vast sea

 Not giving heed to what others say

You were the only one for me

 

Meandering about

Hole where my heart once resided

Forced to an existence without

A house since divided

 

Although you are gone

As I stare down the barrel of regret

Your precious memory lives on

Believe this promise, I will never forget...

 

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

When the musics over...turn out the light...
and yet this reflects a lot of what was...
and not what is no longer...
in life...if not the errors...
then how do we truly learn the facets of life...
the spilling out here...does release without inhibition...

[Emily]

Love the title and the poem! Well done.

[melissa]

Amazing poem keep up the great work and keep them coming