Moving on Poems
Purple And White
by Fathima Shihabudeen
I'd rather succumb to mind numbing silences
Than struggle in the deafening noise of anticipation
Seeing everything in black and white
Was not something I was used to
The memories that held me together
Dwindled into arid black holes
For it were the colossal lacunae
Where refuge was beguilingly sought
Eulogy: Lights Off
by baby panda
i miss you
i don't think i can ever say that
enough
when it's lights off the tears
readily heat my eyes
and a thousand questions swirl in my mind
i said i missed you no less than
a hundred times and
......
Music
by gabriella BlakeFor months I was unable to listen. Thankfully that has passed. It still feels different though I’m sure it always will. You are music, to me. It’s taking some time separate the two. I realize You are not music just as you are not love. Two extraordinary and unexplainable things. Something you could never be. Maybe I haven’t lost too much.
Continue readingEulogy: Lights On
by baby panda
i don't have anything more to give
i've given all i could and now
i'm sitting on the ground
picking up the shards of my heart
it always ends this way
it has always ended this way
my heart is more easy to break
than i used to think
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With Time
by gabriella BlakeI’ll always miss loving you. I think it’s that I’ve learned how not to depend on you. It’s that the memories are a little less vivid. And your name is no longer on the tip of my tongue. It’s that I’m easing into this new reality.
Continue readingPurple And White
by Fathima Shihabudeen
I'd rather succumb to mind numbing silences
Than struggle in the deafening noise of anticipation
Seeing everything in black and white
Was not something I was used to
The memories that held me together
Dwindled into arid black holes
For it were the colossal lacunae
Where refuge was beguilingly sought
I Must Heal
by Leigh Yah
It all makes sense now
Those nights I deprived myself from sleep
Those days I wondered where and how
And those moments I combat with anxiety.
I lost count of the times I endured infidelity
But that isn't the only case I had to deal with
My vision was clear but I feel like I'm blinded
Too bad, ignoring all the clues became a habit.
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Aftermath
by baby panda
often i wonder
how far are we willing to go for love?
for the promise that someone--
no matter who it is,
will throw their gaze out in a room full of people
and land on you and you only
every time, always and forever?
it is surprising that the memories of us
......
Paradox
by baby panda
Q: what went wrong?
A: i still don't know. we were different in all the ways that mattered.
.
memories are all i have now
but i can't hang on to memories alone
and stand in the winter of our relationship
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Eulogy: Lights Off
by baby panda
i miss you
i don't think i can ever say that
enough
when it's lights off the tears
readily heat my eyes
and a thousand questions swirl in my mind
i said i missed you no less than
a hundred times and
......
