Loss Abandonment Poems

Abandoned …

By the heart who I once adored
He left me feeling like I was alone, forsaken
By the kindness I’d often explored,
The only hope I had...

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Alone in the night, with no one to hold,
A life she never chose, yet she's so bold.
Her mother left her, on the day of her...

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Inert by the hurt 
In my brain it drives me insane
This carnal rage with lust respite,
Hanging on to life with hands of sleight
Caught in the...

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You Were My Death
by Paul Celan
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You were my death;
I could hold you
when everything abandoned me— 
even breath.

Paul Celan (1920-1970) was...

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Between intrusion and abandonment
We  hope to find a  place  of trust and care
A place where we can  spend our loving wealth

Communion...

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You Raped My Soul
by Elise Hendry


I slowly trusted you…

I shared the depths of my heart and soul with you…

You allowed me to attach to you...

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There is no money in it. I am told in the office of my advisor, 
In a small basement room hidden under books,
Smelling of hazelnut...

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Humanity may emit a brief chortle.
However, he remembers he is a mere mortal.
Many of the towns and buildings he has been
are desolate and quiet, as...

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ive been waiting here for hours
thinking, thinking and now i cant remember what for
ive been waiting here for days
praying, praying that you come before i...

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