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I woke up the day you drifted away
memories linger, mysterious dreams
a broken heart amidst a starry sky
I woke up the day you drifted away
poetic words, burnt in ashes of gray
reality is not all that it seems
I woke up the day you drifted away
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Your poem makes me think of someone who's taken a special person for granted and only realised when it's too late. I like the reinforcement by the use of repeating lines.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it takes distance to realize and wake up indeed.
ReplyDeleteWoke up to reality and it was sad indeed.
ReplyDeleteOne person’s absence can make a profound difference.
ReplyDeleteWhat we finally wake up to when life changes and especially when a loved one is gone....sad and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteA sad waking, when the loved one has drifted away....sigh. This is beautiful and sad.
ReplyDeleteVery sad, Truedessa. The loss of someone loved really, really hurts!
ReplyDeleteReality is often completely drunk on fantasy (and on leaving, it seems).
ReplyDeleteAnother master piece from you. Just love it the way it flows. Please let me know the poetic form too?
ReplyDeleteWaking up to emptiness is so deeply stirring. Also love the image in "poetic words, burnt in ashes of gray"....
ReplyDeleteThis is a tragic read, and yet I'm hoping that this ultimately makes our narrator a stronger person for having endured it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it is a sadness as much as a reality. When one drifts away, it changes our world. Who is to say if it is good or bad. It opens us to new realities and allows things we never knew possible.
ReplyDeleteI hope your dreams are good Tru. I have been studying a bit on my great great grandmother who was native American. Continuing to understand new aspects of my blood.
I don't want to wake up.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
'I woke up the day you drifted away' ... such a truly haunting line and - I suspect - often the way of it. A lovely piece.
ReplyDeleteIt is often like that.You don't appreciate the person until they have gone. Very sad but real.
ReplyDeleteI woke up the day you drifted away Very powerful Great poem
ReplyDeleteAh, painful but needed experience...
ReplyDeleteOH this breaks my heart.. so beautiful.. so tender and emotive... sigh...
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