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.

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