When He Left

when someone leaves
it is so loud 
      so personal 
                so silent

a deafening emptiness 

with a middle ear 

only you can hear

you 
are
not coming back

you

are 

never 

coming back


I have to know that

right

so

there will never be 

an indefinite 

you and me


Three AM's 

are the worst


left aching for peace


you remember I said

when time goes to sleep


the in-between time 

when moments cease


when tomorrow 

gave up yesterday

 
still

I miss

the fragrance of your pleasure

a voice that satisfies


the melody of a tender string

that did not know


it was holding 
together

a life 
that would never be

but

your vibrations

are all around still

velvet passionate 

silver raindrops



they linger


knowing
me


finding
me 


I know

you rarely think of we


you moved up and I moved around


still you

a most beautiful drug


now a humiliating habit


now

I creep

for a stranger


         not to worry they said

 
social media
 
is not a danger


profile up

smile for the camera

cry into the wine


hurry you don’t have much time


I was 
a victim of a monster

and now
the monster to a victim


feeling hysterical 

in a smiling room 

of misery


hoping he

will provide

the ultimate release 


from the last shot

that 

crippled me


but still 


I clutch 

the jagged edges


needing to survive

the nights 

when there are no 

safe ledges 


doesn’t have to be quality


just a momentary 

remembrance
 
that satisfies 

the pain


just so I might cry 

with some dignity

when I stand lonely 

in the rain

 
please just find the trace

the touch
 
he left all over hours of me


I am lost in a pirouette

far off away into his source 


wondering

 
where is this place 

that lost love goes


if love never dies

I would want to visit there

and apologize


so


what happens 

to the lover

who is not ready


to walk alone

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 1/18/2022 1:15:00 AM
Wow! Each pang of separation so artistically portrayed, as the abandoned lover falls into a bottomless abyss
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Gabrielle Jordan
Date: 1/22/2022 10:46:00 AM
Hello, how are you? Thank you so much. Even after several years of writing this, I still get chills reading it. Peace and Love! G.
Date: 9/5/2018 4:24:00 PM
You are one awesome poetess, Your work is mature, revealing and good. Thank you for sharing.
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Gabrielle Jordan
Date: 9/5/2018 4:55:00 PM
Thank you my friend. I was having one of those days that we can have. I read a poem for the first time to my mother on Sunday. Her response was, you would have made a great attorney!:) Pixie, you have lifted my spirits!!!
Date: 8/11/2018 10:53:00 PM
I like the way that you have increased the agony, as it were, via the short lines, stretching on and on and on. Very emotional and emotive, Gabrielle! Best wishes, Gershon
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Gabrielle Jordan
Date: 8/15/2018 7:20:00 AM
Hey Gershon, thank you so much!
Date: 8/11/2018 6:42:00 PM
This is a masterpiece of romance and love lost! It is so heartbreaking when the beloved does not return our love and moves on! Excellently written emotive piece! Best regards. Pandita
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Date: 8/11/2018 6:58:00 PM
Pandita, it made me sad to write it. Thank you!
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