Joy after loss

Well it's taken a wretched amount... out of time 
I'm pretty sure I lost myself and I lost my mind 
It's like time to nothings was given
Nothing was needed but my living room and my cell phone 
I don't think I rose at the normal time
nor did I to sleep at  the normal time
nor did I eat at a normal time 
Nor exercised as I might have
nor did what I used to do in anyway
I lost all desire to do the work that I had loved 
My passion for it was gone 
My interest in anything but one was gone

Time stood still 

I sat in the same chair everyday 
I did the same thing everyday 
None of the pressures and the demands of life 
could get to me in anyway
 I just sat in the chair and I did what I did online 
  It sounds as if it I was falling 
down down down into the rabbit hole 
But really it was a spiritual experience
         that no one else will ever have 
Miracles happen
the inexplicable things that can never be told
 and never be explained 
It was not a time of loss 
It was a time of tremendous gain 
Some things can never be lost and some things never gained unless you walk in those shoes That can never be explained

It was time and time again in an Eden of love and loss 
I was Persephone 
Perhaps driven by Covid's hell down under
But in this story, Persephone rises all by herself back up to light 
and she  becomes a part of the tree of life
Fighting stretching longing for water reaching her roots deep down into the Earth that she came from 
into the dark. 
She brings truths to the lights and bursts forth in leaves 
of a 5,000 colored tree 
This is the new me 
Risen from darkness and illness into bright and multicolored light 
An electric light show 
I'm just not sure exactly 
which screen on which it should be shown 
Big slate ...small stage 
Do I work huge or do I work small 
Which pill to take ??
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March 22, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I think we never get over the pain, we just learn to deal with it and if it was so simple as to a pill... you have expressed this well.. I hope all is good with you...
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March 24, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Wow It's stunning to read your name again Really good to hear from you. I look forward to reading your poetry after this note. I am certainly one of your biggest fans. I am well and feeling strong today but that after 4 years of a wild adventure which I do not recommend to anyone. It was a fantastical story. Certainly not boring but I think it is good that it's over. So much was learned So much was lost So much gained Eyes opened to realities. My young self would not even want me to have known about ???? But I had a friend once tell me we could never be really truly close until I lost the dogma of my youth Suffice to say I have lost the dogma of my youth It's a new day Now to just try to figure out how to fix the world It's a mess I hope you are tremendously well Thank you for reaching out about this poem
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July 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Love the ending. I get it. Life is tough. Nice write. Keep 'em coming.
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July 15, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Hey Thank you Benjamin The encouragement is greatly appreciated! Now I'll go edit it...properly
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