POEM STARTER
Write a poem that begins with a focus on loss, and concludes with a focus on love.
Think about the sturctures and flows that you can use to change the focus from beginning to end.
Lost
Loss
Hurts
Just when you think that your wounds are healing
They are torn open yet again
Why can’t I just have a break?
Loss
Is a distinctive feeling
Darker
Deeper
More raw
Than any other pain
They say
It’s better to have loved and lost
Than to never have loved at all
But it’s been years
Years of wondering
If they ever think of me
If I’m overreacting
If they even care I’m gone
So I disagree
Losing someone is the worst pain
And I dream
Of a day
When I’ll see
The lost ones
Again
Because you never realize how important someone is to you
Until they’re gone
Stabbing pain
Overwhelming pain
Could I have done something different?
My world
Tilted sideways
My friends
Will tell me to get over it
But I can’t
I don’t know how
And I’m not sure I want to
I’d rather live
In my head
With the imaginary people
I’ve lost
Than be with the people
In reality
That will never know me
Like they did
Broken.
-sorry, I really got into this one. I have had a lot of experiences like this so I’m speaking from personal experience. Not love related but friendship and family. Sooo yeah. Sorry to be a bummer-