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Maryssa Toney Poem
She left....
But her phantosmia stayed
I don't want it to ever fade
I feel the quietness
my wrist began to turn red
from the invisible bind
Time begins to lull
The silence echoes
I stand still
When I close my eyes, she's still here,
It’s incredible
but when i open them
I see her absence
How much longer?
The wind takes her Essence,
the bright colors begin to darken,
I’m colorblind
The silence breaks with a hum,
My body is playing a drum
I don't move
when I retract, I close my eyes once more,
and I can feel her presence press against my back.
She stays
My body turned into stone
She's medusa
So, I stay motionless
Copyright © Maryssa Toney | Year Posted 2026
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Maryssa Toney Poem
when a memory comes upon
I become motionless
I pause as my body drips like rain in a pond
It has my attention
I feel the happiness drift out my eyes
It’s radiating
It anchors my head down
Like a dummy attached to a string
I so badly want to cry
But my body stays hollow
Am I shallow?
But my body doesn't feel
I’m empty like a vase
I try to convince my brain to lie
But it's too aware
I want to hit the ground and kneel
I just want to feel
But lying doesn't help
Why would it?
I take tonight and sit in my silence
It's quiet
I'm waiting for the magical balance
I wanna be ready
I feel as my days turn into nights
The shadows blend in
And my nights become the empty
I'm lonely
The lights are flickering
I’m losing my sights
I'm drifting away like a raft in the ocean
There's no stopping it
I can't see my dock
It disappeared
Or did I?
Copyright © Maryssa Toney | Year Posted 2026
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