Forever Missing

Forgotten…
           absent from all things considered beautiful.

I was a wanderer LOST 
in the darkness of night, 
                   a gypsy to the world yet 
b l i n d e d  by hell’s light-
I needed days of remorse 
to bring me clarity,
      for life is NOT good to me, 
no hope with charity. 
Inside the  d a r k n e s s  I 
found my blind sight,
            and in the midst of being 
   WRONG…I was right.

T r u t h  became my torch 
              to be one with the confused,
no matter how hard I tried, 
I always seemed to LOSE-
     Never to be found, seeking 
from heaven to the ground,
no distance too wide, with 
             no one to keep me homebound.
Which path do I take? 
Which  j o u r n e y  do I choose?
oh, just to be established, 
    I always seemed to REFUSE. 

Inside my cave, I’d gone missing 
without being  d i s c o v e r e d , 
             for I DEPARTED from life, 
forfeited my only lover-
Held captive by a fate of loss 
            I flared my ignited flame, 
   never to belong again, 
full of BLAME and SHAME.
I needed days of origination, 
             as my  e x t i n c t i o n  hovered,
once shielded by happiness,
now my insanity is uncovered. 

                  I stand by my sill and 
feel the Winter frost,
for I am heartbroken again, 
       my soul has paid the cost-
I need not things of material, 
just pure  h o p e;
            I am GONE forever, 
without a way to cope.
Out the window, 
my resolution has been tossed-
For  o b l i v i o n  has prevailed...
                                         I am eroded and LOST. 


LOST Poetry Contest
September 29, 2017

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 11/18/2017 9:23:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Laura. Well done.
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Date: 10/26/2017 4:39:00 PM
A fine poem, Laura. Congratulations on your well-deserved win. Hugs, Sandra
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Date: 10/25/2017 8:26:00 PM
Congrats on your win, luloo.
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Date: 10/25/2017 12:05:00 PM
Hi Laura. Great job. Your opening line, 'absent from all things considered beautiful', really defines "Lost". Congrats, my friend.
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Date: 10/25/2017 8:42:00 AM
"held captive be a fate of loss" great line, well done Laura, congratulations...
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Date: 10/24/2017 8:06:00 PM
Laura, congratulations on your win hugs Eve
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Date: 10/25/2017 4:42:00 AM
thank you darling Eve...:)
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