You are not gone
You linger
In my memory, my mind, my spirit
Your presence is with me
Every hour of the day
A haunting reminder of what was lost
The grief is alive
A tangible monster
That threatens to consume
My entire personality
It paints the world in colors
Of dismal black and grey
The wind moans, the clouds cry
Everything represents pain
The jokes that used to make us laugh
Now pierce my ears
I cannot laugh alone
Every moment you are on my mind
Your memory fills my lungs
To the point of suffocation
My whole body aches
From missing you
It is a relentless feeling
Of dread and detriment
As poisonous paranoia
Seeps into my veins
Making me afraid to ever love so much again
For what is love but loss in the end?
And who are those who lose,
but those who love?
Yet we must go on
Survivors, they call us
But do we really survive?
Are we ever really whole again?
Once a piece of us is buried
In that cold, unforgiving casket
That has now become your home
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