empty aching restless

i've carved a place for the memory of you
in the hollowness of a scar-lined heart,
the empty-aching space you once filled.

you're not the same in
remembrance
as in life. here alive in only my mind

you're all sharp edges, cutting at me
tearing apart
and it hurts so much just
to remember.
the light bulb on my ceiling

burned out
a week ago, and i'm still
groping at the wall fumbling with the switch when it won't
turn on. so in darkness i go stumbling
across the floor

sliding to a
fall on a black-and-white photo of you.
pieces of you, pieces
of yesterday, still lying restless

all around me.

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[~crazy Beautiful~]

my heart ached when I read this, as I have been there before
my favorite lines
"i've carved a place for the memory of you
in the hollowness of a scar-lined heart,
the empty-aching space you once filled."
very visual
nice work
thank you for entering my contest