Bereavement Poems

Why

Submitted by franny50 on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 1:38am |

Why

Empty dark eyes
Staring into space
Feeling devoid of purpose,
Have you embraced the grave?
Are you ready to leave behind ,
All that you love?
To give up your soul
For an unknown place

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Quake

Submitted by poet_in_motion on Sun, 09/19/2010 - 11:56am |

I can't understand your language
Yet some things are universal
Bloodcurdling cries
as if the souls of old have been resurrected
It wrought havoc among the people
and yes it was unexpected

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Innertia

Submitted by forrestmartin on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 3:29pm |

I've been longing to hear your voice.
Silence a massacre; an absence of noise.
I've been wishing to see your face.
Empty house; empty heart these days.

Clouds roll in, the dim sun sets.

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