ever lost (a poem)
deep in the green
buried amongst the trees
no discernible path
no place to bed down
I struggle to find
my way
deep in the green
buried amongst the trees
no discernible path
no place to bed down
I struggle to find
my way
Beneath the black umbrella tops
their hearts beat in time
with each and every falling drop
of rain against the pine.
TW: Death
I live on land that is not mine.
Her people, long departed,
left not a trace.
Their legacy, a world in balance.
I am not like them.
I flay myself
on the altar of art,
cut down to the bone,
break every last part.
I write it on paper,
type it into my phone,
share it with the world,
and feel utterly alone.
Don’t tell anyone.
They can’t know about you,
that you’re different,
weird, unacceptable, unforgivable.
Don’t tell anyone.
They might think it was my fault.
filled with thought
layered in dream
lost in this place
where I can be
anyone or anything
my heart desires
or fears may bring
Another family dinner.
Another empty room.
Another grieving parent.
Another lost too soon.
I was at the hospital with my dad. He was there to be tested for an issue related to what took my mom’s life a few years before. While waiting, an idea for a poem hit me.
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