Friday 13 December 2019

You are not here


The nights are not dark enough
I lay in bed but can't kiss your cheek
I can cope with day but not the night

A wise owl hoots outside in a tree
I'm trapped with grief will always be
We've buried you, I hated the sight

The wind now whistles a mournful tune
How strange that is for it's only June
I feel cold too, that's surely not right

Can I live without you all alone?
Your looks, your laugh, you hogging the phone
As you glance at me, eyes flashing bright

The kids are a help, know how I feel
They have asked me over for a meal
But I want you here with me all night

The opening line above is from Kerry's poem Self Portrait in Night

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15 comments:

  1. To have to miss the one who completes us is a terrible thing. Memories, plus the people and things we used to share with them, can offer a bit of comfort. But like the last stanza suggests, nothing truly feel the emptiness.

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    2. Thank you so much for the tweaking and relinking, Robin. 🖤❤️

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  2. I like the form of this poem. The tercets are tightly written, and the rhyme works well to convey the feeling of repetitious thoughts. A sad poem, but thank you for using my words as a starting point.

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  3. You captured the reality of emotion after staggering loss ... yes.

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  4. Yes, I can feel this one, Robin. How hard it is to lay our loved ones in the cold ground.

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  5. This is such a potent write, Robin!

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  6. ... this hits all to close to home. My father and father-in-law both recently passed away and watching both women work through it breaks my heart.

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  7. The grief seeps through every line in this poem, Robin, and I like the way you’ve spring-boarded from Kerry’s line to paint a picture of the trap of grief, using night sounds to evoke a tragic atmosphere.

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  8. Great sigh, I love this poem.

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  9. It has to be so sad to live in such absence ... good to have people around you to fill a bit of the void.

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  10. Trying to sleep with loss is so painful... You have so eloquently written the pain of grief.

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  11. Oh yes! Seven years widowed (already!) and life is mostly pleasant - but still I delay bedtimes as long as possible.

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  12. The darkness of night seems to highlight loss. You wrote this in a perfect form, Robin. It is a sorrowful poem.

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