A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 207

Day 207: “Subconscious Grief”

Loss

Feels like a fading away

A slipping through my fingers

Lack

Not enough time

Love still to give

I can’t comprehend it

Can’t believe

He’s gone

They’re all gone

It doesn’t make sense

My dreams are full of attempts at changing it

Bringing him back

Actually, he never left

It doesn’t feel fair,

okay

It’s definitely not right

Sometimes I see the beauty in life and death

But more often than not I just feel sad

Mad

Oh so upset

There’s no resolution

Grief is a fickle thing

I guess I’ll just turn out the light

Try to get some sleep

And see if he’ll visit me in my dreams

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 204

Day 204: “Oceans Behind My Eyes”

You ever feel like there’s an ocean behind your eyes?

The tides are coming in

Getting stronger

There’s a flood risk

I’ve been feeling that way

It sits,

right behind my eyes

Close to spilling out,

washing away the shore

I think I know why

It’s grief

Loss

Missing someone,

Everyone

I want to let the tide roll in

Let the waves crash onto my cheeks

But I’m scared of what might float away in the water

That the shore might get washed away entirely

What will be left?

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 203

Day 203: “The Present is a Friend”

Today I learned

I’ve been at war with the present moment

The now has always been a means to an end

A stop on the way to the great big something

The future I’m working toward

Clawing my way toward

But now is now

And that future is beautiful yet uncertain

Is in my mind

Not in my body

Today I’m refocusing

Getting back in my body

Putting my weapons down

And putting my arms out for the here and now

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 201

Day 201: “Mind the Gap”

Mind the gap

In your mind

As you walk

As you grow

There’s a stepping off point

Where a lift is needed

A new approach

A change in perspective

All events in life

are lessons in perspective

So take the step

Careful of the crevice

Or leap over it

And see what’s waiting on the other side

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 200

Day 200: “The Cosmos”

The cosmos fascinate me

The stars in the sky

The stars in our lives

Star

I love that it’s expansive

Something we can’t fully grasp

As tiny bugs on earth

I love that the sky speaks

Some listen

Some don’t know how

But we’re all just here

Let’s make the most of it