Your Absence
**I wrote this poem off a prompt of my own creation, if you use this prompt, please give me credit for the prompt.**
**Prompt: Describe how it feels to love someone who is no longer there - whether through distance, breakup, or death. Let the emptiness speak as loud as their presence once did.**
**This was posted right after I found out my crush was moving, so it was kinda hard to write. Heh. **š¢
We said
It was for the best,
But without you,
Thereās a lingering pain
In my chest
Because you may
No longer feel that wayā¦
But I
Still do,
And I donāt know why.
You left a hole
In my heart,
So itās no longer whole.
I still
Love you,
And I
Always will.
You said
We were just
āTaking a break,ā
That maybe time
Would heal our wounds
And someday
Weād find our way
Back together,
But I shouldāve known
You were
Lying.
_Itās time I stop_
_Tryingā¦_
But every time
I toss and turn
In my sleep,
I wind up
On the empty side of the bed
On which
You used to lay.
_The emptiness_
_Is consuming meā¦_
I send you
A message or two,
Praying
That weāll reconnect,
Though every time,
You leave me on
āRead,ā
My heart feels
Dead.
_Your lack of response_
_Speaks louder_
_Than your words_
_Ever didā¦_
Each and every call,
You decline them all,
And Iām left
Crying,
Listening
To your
Heartbreaking voicemail.
_Thatās the only way_
_I can hear_
_Your voice_
_Anymoreā¦_
_In our separation,_
_I had no choiceā¦_
All I want now
Is to be with you
Once more,
But your absence
Is all-consuming,
It wonāt leave me alone.
_And itās not _
__
_Like youāll come back,_
_You wouldnāt even_
__
_Give it any thoughtā¦_
Your absence
Consumes my mind,
It hurts
Knowing that you left me behind
Without a plan
To come back.
_Maybe_
_In another life,_
_We would have_
_Gotten through the strife,_
_Fought through_
_With the power of love,_
_Then soared high_
_Like two white dovesā¦_
__
_But thatās just a _
_Fantasy,_
_Here in reality,_
_My world is_
_Empty_
_Now that you_
_Are no longer thereā¦_
__
_The sound of silence_
_Rings in my earsā¦_