Home Abandonment Poems

He gathered flowers, petals which felt like first rain,
“She loves me; not” his heart in strain, 
Relentless plucks, his hope at test,
Until the final petal...

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I want to lock up all doors
Hatch up all windows
Pull down the drapes 
And sit aimlessly on the couch.
I’d rather dwell without company
If company only...

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Certain she’s sleeping he slides out of bed
collecting his discarded clothing
quietly donning them
slipping away silently like a specter
cautiously opening and closing the door
hoping the hinges...

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Down, down the known street where
 the quite evening lying down, my legs took me a walk
 Sending the sun to west, something that street holding
for me....

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A lean figure, bearing love 
Burdened by a need for belonging
Starved by abandonment and disregard
With eyes of plea that look upon man
Rejection's curse; an unmet...

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Anxious Abandonment



I need to be somewhere...
Somewhere else than where I'm at
Anxious, so very anxious
Feeling like I am trapped
and this is my home, but it is...
is...

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The Bitterness of Abandonment

Flows Most Forcefully in Memories

 The Hope Endures during the Longing Journey

 Leaving No Time But For The Present

 Lost For Good

The...

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