you are scars sculptured onto my soul black ink memory etched into my skin silver bullets shot from a high–powered rifle penetrating my flesh embedding
Tag: Loss
All That is Left
aching sadness feels like drifting like falling like tumbling iridescent tear drops well up phantom pain for other hearts I used to hold afloat ©
Pinprick of Loss
the loss of you punctured the night sky like tiny pinpricks on a black canvas covering the moon from view allowing only the smallest rays
Ephemeral
I am but a wanderer passing through slivers of place of time unconsciously dropping pieces of my heart like late summer berries like seed pods
The Little Stranger – Christine E. Ray
we came to forget hoping distance time could ease our grief fewer reminders around us of what was lost to stop us dead in our
Loss is an Ocean
I stand on the shore of an ocean named loss my eyes always drawn to the horizon scanning encroaching fog for the outlines of those
Mementos
I keep you in a basket at the foot of my bed that I can grab quickly in case of fire or other emergency you
I Say That I Lost You – Christine E. Ray
I say that I lost you as though you were an umbrella that I carelessly left on the bus after the summer rain had stopped
Arrow
memory’s titanium tipped arrow penetrated my defenses embedded deep woke the past I keep behind tightly locked doors leaving me shaken and stirred saltwater trails tracing
