Missing

That forgotten little bit 
Scourged in a darkened corner
A small beam hitting its pupil
It refuses to blink

It just stares
Because words no longer matter to it
No longer define it

That’s how long…
That’s how long it’s been missing
And that beam is a lie
That beam longs to tear it apart
So it’s missing forevermore
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Bordner Avatar
August 30, 2014 at 7:30 PM
The sadness in this poem touches me so deeply Laura...a hearbeat frozen in long long stare...Justin
Breidenthal Avatar
August 30, 2014 at 9:30 PM
This piece touches me too... it was a dark time for the past me... and often the beam returns in intense forces... ~Laura
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