A Letter To Her

I'm here at the corner of my room

looking at my shadow staring at me.

So quiet like a desolated jungle

hearing the echo of my own heartbeats.

Looking straight out through the window

I can see the stars dancing around the moon.

This dark sky continue to glow and glow

forgotten this lonely bride without a groom.

Smiling with tears running down my cheek

I couldn't resist the tension of your memories

I wish you were here to see this with me

Though you were gone but not forgotten.

Author's Note

I don't just know what to write here...

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

This offering is heavy with grief. We don't know if the departed is only temporarily gone or has left this life, but the effect on the speaker seems so profound that I suspect the latter. The stars in their brightness present a contrast to the overall mood, which is understandably somber. Time alone can heal a wound such as this.

[Chris Shaw]

Heartfelt sentiment expressed here in these lines Kay. I picked up on grief and loneliness, without the one who meant so much and is gone. Nicely penned, moving poem.

Chris

[barleygirl]

This is the most spontaneous & loose & expressive that I've ever seen you write! I've probably commented about how you are often intelligent & analytical, but also you try to be passionately persuasive as to whatever point you're trying to make. This poem departs largely from what I remember seeing from you. I love how you are simply telling it from the heart here . . . done so creatively, with such gracefully connected imagery taken from the night skies . . . you pour out a simple heartfelt experience of missing someone . . . and without a bunch of drama, more like this narrator is accepting that this other person cannot be there. It's so uncomplicated & that's what I love about it. Yet, highly fresh & original as all your writing is (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

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Just read 'A letter to her'
You described the state of mind of a lover.... Whose lonely feelings searching for her in the darkness of night... Though separated but United in thoughts...
Well written

[Kari Rakitan]

This is so sweet. There are many people in my life who are gone but definitely not forgotten.

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Such is what memories deposit in us.
I'm glad you could relate, Kari.

[Coyote Poetry]

I do understand this poem my friend.
"Smiling with tears running down my cheek
I couldn't resist the tension of your memories"
I did like the above lines. Most of my nights, old minds seeking places gone. Thank you for sharing the amazing words and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

There such memories we can't resist, We just have to let it flow.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review.

[Coyote Poetry]

I liked this poem and you are welcome my friend.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A seemingly very melancholy write as the protagonist lays alone 'pining' for someone lost to them. You capture the moment in that space alone with the nightscape for company Kay.

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

You're right, John.
We all at a time remember someone we love.