November 22

Pain

Poetry

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Hello everyone;

I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1  prompt of "write an optimistic poem"

Not Dead Yet, Me


Is it really such a tragedy

that my sentences are raggedy

words tread together by similarity?

The conversation is still defiantly

expressions of me.


Is it really such a travesty 

that I wander aimlessly?

When I can travel through time so easily

…our life history

…a life lived outrageously.


Is it really such a disparity

that I have forgotten the melody

of your name? Still there’s some clarity….

I know the feelings of family

and passions intensity. 


Is it really such an indignity

that something once familiar is now a novelty.

Or that simple tasks escape me.

I still dance to life’s jamboree

and sing majestically.

Is it really such a finality

even as I become more absentee?

There is plenty of life in my legacy.

Don’t bother writing my eulogy,

when there’s still time to create a memory.

©2024 Delaina Miller

Pain

Why am I here?

Once my torrid lover,
I thought we were through.

We played with love
And I got burned.

But still I am here.

Woken and disturbed,
Like before:

Heart racing,
Fighting back the tears.

Why are you here?

The scars of our passion
Starting to throb.

The throat’s loss of air,
As if your fingers are still there.

Why are we here?

Just memories of ghosts,
As we are no longer anywhere.

I thought all was forgiven.
But I could not forget,

The cost of our love.
Our affair’s expenditure.

Yesterday’s painful investments,
Today… merely deposits in my creation.

About the author

Creator of sounds. Poet on an energetic journey with words. Explorer of Frequencies.


 

Delaina J Miller

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