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Grief is a Ghostwriter

My grief is a ghostwriter
who pens the pages of my poetry
culled from lost love
and the quiet tragedy of pain
bubbling in the concealed crucible
of my wounded heart
that spills words out like a pyroclastic flow
burning with emotion upon a poetic page
to express a shadowed loneliness
still damp from my yesterday's sadness

when love was an untarnished tender leaf
before it began to spiral and curl
from a cold wind of change
to leave me a lonely sparrow on the wing
immersed in an empty sky
following sadness toward a dim-lit darker pathos
where words are whispered in a melancholy misery
as my heart pleads to be heard
from the expressed poetry of my soul

scarred from the illusion of rapture
that lived and died...if only I could forgive
the gloom of promises from lovers
found on the boundary of misplaced dreams
scorched by the fangs of fire...that left ashes
scattered throughout the landscape of my heart
where my saddest poetry is scribed
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October 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Your saddest poetry is strongly felt dear Frederic. You are one of the finest poets on soup ~ and this poem really is soul hitting! So much depth! And your use of metaphors are brilliant and so very fitting! I guess we were in the mood for similar themes today poetically. Pleasure reading you always Sending you light Best wishes ~ 🧜‍♀️
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