Shadows

It..it...is not enough. 

To relive the shadowed memories of your voice. 

Or inhale your fleeting scent from an inked sheet.

 Crowds of strangers and I look for you. 

The slightest mimicry

An imitation of the shape of your eyes. 

An imitation of your skin on every other lover.

 There is no authenticity in the search. 

So every night he sets fire to his stomach

And leaves with brown hair and blue eyes and pink lips

Staggering into a room or the outside

Or nowhere and he remains frozen.

There is you

Your shadow in a corner

There is you..your

Past phrases into forever relived moments

There is you

Even with an initial

Like you had never been gone

For a second or two you were never gone

I turn around

To share a laugh

But you'd just left

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

A lot of excellent imagery in this one. We could be seeing the aftermath of a breakup here, or it could be bereavement. Whatever, the sense of loss is very well expressed.

[Peggy Olson]

I wrote this for a friends whose girlfriend died. Thank you for the positive feedback:)

[Ted Kniffen]

Well, Peggy, this is quite something. Bits & pieces of past loves tacked on to a present that does or does not exist...if only in the mind. Too many have left now, and I turn to share that laugh from long ago...only to find they're gone, and yet they are here in the faces and voices of those that follow.
I like this.

A good write.

[Peggy Olson]

Tragic. Hopefully there aren't many more like that to come. Thanks for the feedback Ted😊❤

[barleygirl]

Thanks to Juliespenhere for read requesting me, so I can check out your writing. It's hard to keep up with all the good writers at the cafe! This is some of the most original writing I've read in a while. Often, break-up poems or longing-for-love poems start to sound the same, there aren't that many ways to show pain, I guess. But here you somehow make this feel very tortured & unexpected, which I love in any poem! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Peggy Olson]

Oh thank you so much. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. i try my best to write from emotion so it comes out more authentically. Thank you for taking the time to read and review it means a lot😊❤

[barleygirl]

I love what you wrote in your profile blurb. That's hilarious & about how most of us feel! *smile*

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

This is a fabulous it’s now going on my favourite list love it

[Peggy Olson]

Thanks so much. I'm really glad you enjoyed it.