Jan Allison Poet Free verse

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I'M Lost Without You

Six months have passed since you walked out on me
Wearily I climb the stairs and try to sleep
My tears freely flow and my lilac pillow is soaked
I have to swap it with the one where your head used to lay
I’m lost without you

I shut my eyes tightly but all I can see is your face
Now I truly know what heartbreak is
The pain is like nothing I have ever known
Like glass shards piercing my heart
I’m lost without you

My life is empty without you by my side
No one to share my fears and wipe away my tears
No one to curl up with and share my love
I want it all to end
I’m lost without you

Feel like I can’t go on 
I take comfort in the bottle
Have lost my job, lost my dignity
I have lost everything I once held so dear
I’m lost without you

Friends say it will get better
I will pick up and move on
But when you find ‘the one’
Why settle for anyone else
I’m lost without you 
   
I can’t go on drowning in a river of tears
For me there is no tomorrow
I have no wish to carry on
So this is goodbye
Without you – I’m lost

03~07~15
Contest Tammy Reams – The Pain Of Night - N/A

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Poet Destroyer A May 14, 2015 at 7:54 PM sweet win...Linda Jan Allison May 15, 2015 at 1:38 AM Thanks Linda:-) Hugs Jan xx

Skat A May 14, 2015 at 5:31 PM JAN, congrats on your Screwed III win. SKAT Jan Allison May 14, 2015 at 5:33 PM Thanks Skat:-) Hugs Jan xx

Sandra Haight May 13, 2015 at 4:05 PM Hi Jan, I love Paul's comment too! Yes, now acknowledged! Congratulations on your win for this heart-wrenching, emotional write! Hugs, Sandra Jan Allison May 13, 2015 at 4:15 PM It's a lovely term for this type of contest Sandra:-) I think of the contest as 'the one that got away rather than screwed as I have missed out purely with glitches not because the poem wasn't worthy:-) Hugs jan xx

Paul Callus May 13, 2015 at 2:46 PM Congratulations Jan for your NA (Now Acknowledged) poem win:) Hugs // paul Jan Allison May 13, 2015 at 2:47 PM LOL Paul I love that comment :-) Hugs jan xx

Edward Ebbs May 13, 2015 at 7:56 AM Emotional and heartfelt, congrats Jan! Jan Allison May 13, 2015 at 8:06 AM Thanks Ed it's great to get it showcased in the 'one that got away' contest - I prefer that to 'screwed' lol:-) hugs Jan xx

James Fraser March 10, 2015 at 4:04 PM Emotionally powerful from many fronts as people do live this, and thank God, live through such. Loving your writing more and more Jan, your like an Eagle, soaring higher and higher gracing the world of words. Good luck in Tammy's contest hugs//James xx Jan Allison March 10, 2015 at 4:09 PM Thanks James for your kind words - I never know where my muse will take me wrote this and a limerick one after the other. The contest has been judged already sweet N/A... yet another to add to my growing collection lol:-) Hugs Jan xx

Richard Lamoureux March 10, 2015 at 9:19 AM I definately felt the pain Jan, bravo! Jan Allison March 10, 2015 at 11:40 AM Thanks Richard:-) Hugs Jan xx

Mama Bear March 8, 2015 at 12:04 PM If you had lived this you could not have expressed it any better. You have a very vivid imagination my dear. I can attest to what you have written and you are bang on. Good luck in the contest A 7 from me Hugs Edith Richard Lamoureux March 10, 2015 at 9:20 AM Hi Mom, hugs Rick. Jan Allison March 8, 2015 at 12:10 PM Thankfully it is a fiction write purely for the contest Mama bear:-) Hugs Jan xx

Shane Cooper March 7, 2015 at 6:56 PM So so sad. Despair can take many faces and none of them are kind to ones soul and heart. A very real write my dear friend. I truely hope that you never experiance the despair that you have written about, it breaks ones heart and mind. love Shane xxx Shane Cooper March 7, 2015 at 7:02 PM I understand it is a fictional write. But fiction for one is reality for another. stay safe shane xxx Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 6:59 PM I hope so too Shane pure fiction for the contest:-) Hugs Jan xx

Nette Onclaud March 7, 2015 at 4:25 PM piercing my heart, jan.. wonderfully expressed.. btw, congrats on your recent wins.. ohh I hope I had more time here.. huggs Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 4:33 PM Thanks so much Nette - I have been off work for 2 weeks - still got so much sorting out of dads affairs but I am still writing when inspiration hits:-) Hugs Jan xx

Iris E. Sankey- Lewis March 7, 2015 at 4:12 PM Ooh the pain of love again How lovely in its own way, your song streaming like rain flowing, mercilessly. Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 4:14 PM Thanks so much Iris:-) Hugs jan xx

Paul Callus March 7, 2015 at 3:45 PM Strong and heartfelt write, Jan. Sorrow and pain are companions who travel through the night. Lonely as lonely can be! Hugs // paul Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 3:49 PM I am sure we many have faced these emotions hopefully not to the extent portrayed in the poem:-( Hugs Jan xx

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders March 7, 2015 at 2:29 PM A powerful, emotive write, Jan...so very sad...I feel the pain...xxx, Rhonda Rhonda Johnson-Saunders March 7, 2015 at 4:33 PM I thought it was fiction, but it's still with great emotion... Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 2:31 PM Thanks Rhonda purely fiction for the contest:-) Hugs Jan xx

Eileen Manassian March 7, 2015 at 11:19 AM Oh Jan...What a heartfelt and beautiful write. You captured the feelings of hopelessness so very well. hugs Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 11:22 AM Thanks so much Eileen - I was so bowled over by your last poem - words failed me! Hugs Jan xx

Bl Devnath March 7, 2015 at 10:26 AM A full matured painful poem each and every line speaking the true passions of loving heart. Excellent beauty of lonely paining heart adorned with the perfect matching passionate colorful words. Good luck in the contest, my lovely friend. Loved always,bl Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 10:54 AM Thanks so much BL:-) Hugs Jan xx

Kim Shaw March 7, 2015 at 9:58 AM Hi Jan, yes the pain of the night is very real and very deep as we lay alone in the depths of our sorrow. Good luck in the contest with this brilliant write! Hugs and love, Kimberly xx PS: I understand that it is fiction, yet many of us can relate with that person. Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 10:00 AM I guess we have all been there at some time Kimberly but hopefully not to the level expressed in this write:-( Hugs Jan xx

Wilma Neels March 7, 2015 at 9:45 AM A work of fiction so beautifully displayed. I felt every emotion in this gem Jan. All the best for the contest xxx Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 9:46 AM Thanks for your kind words Wilma:-) Hugs Jan xx

Emile Pinet March 7, 2015 at 9:35 AM Your emotions and pain wrap themselves around your words and we are left in awe. The loneliness, insecurity and pain of a broken heart came through your words and into my heart. Emile #7 Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 9:39 AM Thanks so much Emile for your lovely comment - thankfully this is just a fiction write on my behalf - :-) Hugs Jan xx

Njeri Hunjeri March 7, 2015 at 9:17 AM Touching and heartfelt. The pain can be felt in your words.The pain of the night maybe be there for a long time but there will always be the joy of the sun in the mmornings to keep you going. Wish you the best in the contest:) Jan Allison March 7, 2015 at 9:19 AM Thanks Njeri -thankfully its a fiction write purely for the contest:-) Hugs Jan xx