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When My Life Changed Poetry Contest. Sponsor Kai Michael Neumann

Still Paralyzed

Time wasn't on her side, for if it were, I'd still be alive 
Time caught up to her and strangled her, strangling me 
A hangman's noose wrapped around our necks, 
snapping them like brittle winter twigs 
I breathe, but I died when she died 
When the stool was swept from beneath her feet, 
My whole world changed 
Our world 
My mind, my life, my wife- gone 
I feel bit, bitten bad, bitten by a venomous fang 
Paralyzing my motivation to exist, to think and to live 
I have nothing to live for and everything to die for 
It should have been me, not her 
I was the bad bone, for so long... 
The hard egg turned soft
I did everything wrong 
Until,
She did me right 
She was my catch, 
my snatch 
She was my dream 
She was my everything...
and more! 
She done me right
And she was the light 
that shined the light 
That set me right 
and straight me right 
My lovely wife, gone   
My only life, gone 
And just like that... 
my whole world 
changed forever
I wept yesterday 
I've wept today 
And I will weep again...
in all my tomorrows
Until, 
I can't weep, 
no more
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 8/16/2025 5:51:00 PM
I cried after I finished your poem. I could deeply feel your heartache and your pain. I cannot even begin to fathom the experience. Thanks for sharing this personal poem. hugs from Texas, Sara
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Date: 8/16/2025 11:48:00 AM
A moving piece, Charles.
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Date: 8/16/2025 11:32:00 AM
Hello Charles Massina, This is a very sad poem. it reminds me of the death of my husband. I feel for you. yes it is hard to lose a love one. She was very special to you. She is now your angel watching over you. Remember the good times together. Your friend, Darlene/
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Date: 8/16/2025 5:52:00 AM
Boy oh boy I know someone who fits this perfectly. Such a sad tale Charles. He lost his new bride from an asthma attack and still paralyzed emotionally at mid sixties. Hey, when are ya gonna judge yer contest?
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