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POEM STARTER
Submitted by Margaret Sok
Write a poem or story around the theme of 'Lonely Together.'
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You sit under the shade of a near by tree
I sit under the clouds soaked in rain
You lean against the trunk
I look up into the darkness above
You never leave the shade
I never leave the cold
You never smile
I never laugh
. . . Three months pass . . .
You meet my eyes
I hold your gaze
You give me a gentle smile
I wave softly back
You don’t move from the tree
I don’t escape from the tears...
the house used to dance along with us, the story it told:
- kitchen lights sparking to full of promise for the next new dish
- whispers and excited giggles flowing out of the bedroom
- a living room couch heavy with naps and cuddles
- clothing littering the laundry room dirty from adventures
but now the house lies dormant, no song to be heard, a robotic repeative dance in its place:
- wake up
- ...
She runs to him with open arms,
leaving behind a sea of doubts
and her safe place.
To be with him, when he’s so far,
She scratched her knees and hushed her cry
and bruised her heart.
Then, finally, one step ahead,
he sees her running and he’s smiling
to someone else.
To beg, to plead, to pray or leave?
She would do all and far beyond them!
but he can’t see.
Together in two different worlds,
w...
“Everyone’s hates you, I should too
I’m also hated as well, why are we like this?
We shouldn’t be allowed to live
It wasn’t that bad, not to them.
Others thought it was so bad, enough, that we deserve it to
“Is it worse to kill a living person or to keep a suicidal person alive?”
It used to be us three, now two…
Still after my whole life feeling sick, nothing really helped; just distracted or re...
Why oh why should we be lonely together?
Once upon a time you were my person forever,
But nothing good ever lasts...
You hooked me into a true fantasy of love,
Now you are just a ghost, a haunting memory of my past.
Why oh why did I ever even bother?
We both know I always deserved better.
You know what I wanted, but you never asked...
You left me behind and you took a different path,
You left ...
We stand side by side almost touching, but not quite and the warmth of his body laying next to me at night gives me false hopes, maybe the distance we feel right now is just a passing phase, a temporary moment of disconnect that will eventually go away.
I convince myself everything is normal, couples don’t always act like their on their honey moon.
work, families and bills there’s not much room...
Our minds are connected, yet so far apart.
I’m searching, endlessly…
For any glimpse I can catch from the cosmos of your art.
Can you see me?
We’re in two different universes, ALONE.
One with a sun, a moon, and hope;
The other, empty, cold, and unknown.
This feeling is sharper than a knife.
I know you see me, please see me.
I’m floating in the vastness of space like a feather.
One day I’ll fin...
We were a lightning strike,
We were so broken,
But then we found each other,
And I never thought I’d have to worry again.
I thought I had you,
I was sure,
But then you left me,
Without a word,
It breaks my heart so hard,
I can’t glue it back together,
It’s shattered and ruined,
Just like my life.
I cheered for you so much harder
Than I ever did myself,
And I knew things felt hopeless,
But I thoug...
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