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Poetry

CaliforniaPeggy

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4. Here's a dark poem of mine: (Until now, nobody has seen it.)

Reply to The Madcap (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 09:14 PM

Jan 2025

Metaphor for Grief

Grief is like the titanic
sliding you inexorably
into the abyss

Horrifying
pulling you
crushing you
drowning
you

it’s dark and cold
inside your soul

the loss sits inside
you cannot move away
and you
don’t even want to

for the loss of your love
has taken your will to live

now part of you
is dead

like the Titanic as it
endures the
iceberg.

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Darkness [View all] The Madcap Jan 2025 OP

Very dark, deservedly so, and quite eloquent, my dear Madcap! Thank you. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2025 #1

And we know who The Madcap Jan 2025 #2

No question there; none at all. nt CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2025 #3

Here's a dark poem of mine: (Until now, nobody has seen it.) CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2025 #4

Very good... The Madcap Jan 2025 #5

Also The Madcap Jan 2025 #6