POEM STARTER
Submitted by Freddie
Life Without You
Write a poem or short story about what life would be like without the person you care about the most.
Life without you
With great love came great loss
and I find myself in my head reminiscing about all the moments we have had
Every burst of laughter, every tear shedded, every hurtful words spoken, every good day we’ve had
how I’m in construction building myself back up after destruction
Life without you is freedom with no peace
from plantation to segregation
I am able to breathe but choke on every other inhale
*deep breath*
1-2-3-4
1-2-3-4
No practice of meditation can make you swim out of my mind
so I swim to the bottom of the depths of the deep waters
Where pressure is pounding at my head
where my throat is clogging and my fragile body seems to be getting weaker
Because I’m not ready to see the world without you
im not ready to achieve and not see you in the crowd applauding
I couldn’t seem to get over the pain you have caused me because it never ended with that
so any mistake after or any broken promise always led back to that one individual
I couldn’t bare the thought that I embarrassed myself to everyone by taking one back just to not last
Just for you to tell me you’re ready to move on
So I hurt you back
and i’ll always live with that guilt and sorrow
For I will always pray that we have any type of relationship in the future
for I feel like my life is on pause until then
Because life without you… is not life at all