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Inspired by Jewelie Rain
Write a poem that transitions through two or more of the seven stages of grief: denial, bargaining, anger, depression, loss of self, reflection, and acceptance.
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She’s gone?
No. This can’t be. I saw her not two days ago.
I haven’t even said goodbye. I must do that first.
Fix what I said and did on that Friday.
But she is.
Maybe there’s something I can do?
A soul for a soul.
Take me instead.
It’s all my fault.
Maybe if I did something different?
Maybe if I never even knew her in the first place.
She’s gone.
Tears are all I know.
I’m drowning in sadn...
Why . . .
I thought you loved me
I thought I found my way back
I am . . . Was finally me
The true me
And now you’re taking that away
Why . . .
What did I do?
What have I done?
How many times can I ask for forgiveness
Before you start listening
How many times must I tell myself this is not true?
What do you want me to do?
I loved my life
Wait that’s a lie
I didn’t love it
I tolerated it
...
Trouble with grief,
Is that we don’t know,
When it ends,
Just when it starts,
This overwhelming,
Feeling of pure loss,
That only we know,
It starts you think,
And then your heart begins to sink,
And then throe,
After throe,
Of stormy seas,
When will it cease,
Only our heart will show,
Us the ebb and flow.
Be with it child,
As if a fire wild,
Let it burn you,
Till you are through,
So you can stand,...
I have had enough,
Of the loss,
This grief,
I am tired of this death.
Of this wave,
After wave
Of mourning
I am tired of dealing
With this sadness,
After all,
Is this normal,
To drown this way,
Lungs filled with grief
Not water or air
Just silence,
Muted
By death.
No more
Till I break…
…
Love you R
…
đź–¤...
All those years of loving denial
You had me fooled
Soul now in a state of survival
My emotions have cooled
As I have exposed all your lies
All your dirty little secrets
You tried to hide from my eyes
Might advertise on a leaflet
Give away soul destroyer for free
Doubt anyone would want him
When they realise what he did to me
Surviving this part of my life
Is a heavy weight to bear
I really love...
she couldn't have done it
no one's that much of a fool
not a person can be that stupid
it's simply not possible
if i ignore her will she leave?
what if i ghosted her for a week
and tried to get her to apologize
will that work?
she doesn't value her dignity
or she never had any at all
the sound of her voice
makes me furious
i thought she was good
that she wouldn't just leave
when i took her in...
I don’t know what stage of grief I am in.
I said my goodbye.
I went to the funeral.
I cried.
She felt so cold.
She looked like she was sleeping.
I remember thinking they closed the casket all too suddenly,
Put her in the ground too fast.
Surely I haven’t moved on so fast?
But I feel nothing.
I think of her and I feel nothing.
I sit around and I do nothing.
I feel no desire.
I feel no grief.
I fe...
Right now,
There is nothing left for me to feel.
Grief is a funny thing.
I don’t know what it will do to me,
And I can’t help but feel I’m not doing it right.
I haven’t known life without her.
I guess a life without her is the one I live now.
I saw her for the last time today.
I wonder when I will understand that.
I don’t understand how life moves on.
I don’t want to move on.
I want to hold on.
...
Pavlova.
I remember you and me making Pavlova.
It tasted so good.
We kept talking about how we were gonna make it again
Once you got better.
I can still make Pavlova,
But I can no longer make it with you.
I know you’re not here anymore.
I tell myself that in my head.
But no matter how hard I try to believe it,
I plan out making Pavlova,
Again and again....
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