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.
The Switch
Nothing will ever be the same.
Parked on the side of the high way
Pain pouring from out in streams
Sorrows drowned in bad decisions
Memories buried beneath months of mistakes
Everything is different now
Isolation, a desperate need to hide
How does anyone ever survive this?
This was meant to be forever
Now, there is only a vague remembering
This is for the best
Healing happens slowly, then all at once
Nothing has ever cut so deep before
Resurfacing from a pit of darkness
The first sunrise after the return is nearly blinding.
This is for the best
Time moves quickly after that
Life changes with the swiftness of a speeding bullet
Suddenly, there are dishes and laundry
School drop offs bedtime stories.
Everything is different now
Even dreams have changed
No longer stuck in the desires of youth.
Where once there were dreams of travel and chaos,
Now there are fantasies of stability and peace.
Nothing will ever be the same.