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Our Last Flight (Heavy Skies)
The skies are a little dimmer tonight,
Without the glimmer of your light—
That special shimmer in your eye,
Like a shooting star plucked from the sky.
I shut the door and softly sigh,
For better days and softer skies;
As tears well up behind my eyes,
I hang my heavy head and cry.
Another long and lonely night…
Here’s to another solo flight;
And though your body I have known,
It’s with your soul that I have flown!
Without the glimmer of your light—
That special shimmer in your eye,
Like a shooting star plucked from the sky.
I shut the door and softly sigh,
For better days and softer skies;
As tears well up behind my eyes,
I hang my heavy head and cry.
Another long and lonely night…
Here’s to another solo flight;
And though your body I have known,
It’s with your soul that I have flown!
Published 26th Apr 2020
Author's Note
A culmination of emotions brought on by the 1 year anniversary of my grandfather's death, a break up with my fiancée, and the feeling that I've lost my mom to drugs again.
*A big thanks to these 3 for the inspiration:
1) MyPerspectives’ “A Grain of Sand”
2) Solanaceae’s “The Wren”
3) Souladareatease's “Without My Light”
p.s. MyPerspective is my mother, and her poem is about the loss of her sister a couple years back.
*A big thanks to these 3 for the inspiration:
1) MyPerspectives’ “A Grain of Sand”
2) Solanaceae’s “The Wren”
3) Souladareatease's “Without My Light”
p.s. MyPerspective is my mother, and her poem is about the loss of her sister a couple years back.
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26th Apr 2020 10:34pm
26th Apr 2020 11:08pm
...thank you *hugs*
Your empathy and support is invaluable to me, LilDragonFly
Your empathy and support is invaluable to me, LilDragonFly
26th Apr 2020 11:09pm
26th Apr 2020 11:29pm
Thank you, Eerie. Gotta' get those feeling out somehow... :P
I appreciate you stopping by to read me and showing your support!
I appreciate you stopping by to read me and showing your support!
26th Apr 2020 11:39pm
There are no Words!!!.....this courageous write has been sprinkled with stardust from the heavens. A beautiful and vulnerable artistic skillful Verse brother. WOW!!!
27th Apr 2020 3:08am
Your comment is beautifully poetic, Feet. Thank you for those wonderful words... and for your support. You are very a good man :)
26th Apr 2020 11:40pm
The emotions are felt.
Flow nicely,
Hope you feel better and poetry be your lovely companion. As are we all on here.
It's a DNA thing. ✨✨
Flow nicely,
Hope you feel better and poetry be your lovely companion. As are we all on here.
It's a DNA thing. ✨✨
27th Apr 2020 3:15am
Thanks for your empathy, dear poetess.
I am already feeling better, as yesterday was the real downer :)
I appreciate your kindness and your continued support... it means a lot.
You are very sweet <3
-NewB
I am already feeling better, as yesterday was the real downer :)
I appreciate your kindness and your continued support... it means a lot.
You are very sweet <3
-NewB
26th Apr 2020 11:45pm
27th Apr 2020 3:17am
Thank you, Lozzamus, for your kindness and your sensitivity. It means a lot!
27th Apr 2020 2:32am
Deadinme, thank you for stopping by again... that means a lot! I appreciate your kind words. It is a heavy subject, but something we must all face at some point.
27th Apr 2020 3:52am
There's nothing that I can say that hasn't been conveyed by the poets before me other than I feel your pain bro. Losing a loved one is never easy regardless of it being through death, break up or plain old estranged relatives. Continue to channel your heartfelt emotions into your poetry. Your sincerity is felt.
27th Apr 2020 4:04am
dearest NewB my heart is with you tonight reading this I feel your intense grief
it really hurts to lose people I ache for your pain...
a soulful write ❤
hugs dear one 💕
it really hurts to lose people I ache for your pain...
a soulful write ❤
hugs dear one 💕
27th Apr 2020 5:52am
Dear NB,
Sometimes when it rains it just pours. It’s wretched when so many people you love are not in your life as they once were. I hate times like this, there aren’t enough shoes to buy and assuage my heart and its throbbing ache. For such a cluster of emotional events this write is beautiful. The soft rhyme, the prayer like flow, I’d have to copy and paste the entire poem to say what parts I like most but the last line is stunning. Exquisite write my dear friend! Xx H🌷
Sometimes when it rains it just pours. It’s wretched when so many people you love are not in your life as they once were. I hate times like this, there aren’t enough shoes to buy and assuage my heart and its throbbing ache. For such a cluster of emotional events this write is beautiful. The soft rhyme, the prayer like flow, I’d have to copy and paste the entire poem to say what parts I like most but the last line is stunning. Exquisite write my dear friend! Xx H🌷
27th Apr 2020 6:12am
Touching and vulnerable spill NewB. Dripping with emotions and love feelings.
27th Apr 2020 6:41am
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27th Apr 2020 2:34pm
You almost made me feel a little something there. But I'm much to jaded for that. ;) The main part is, you did it in only 3 stanzas with excellent rhyming. God job
I'm so sorry brother. This hit my heart in the form of many perspectives and every from every
angle.
angle.
28th Apr 2020 3:34am
28th Apr 2020 3:58am
28th Apr 2020 8:21am
Excellent work, my friend! This poem is profound, wrought with emotion, and beautifully expressed. Well done!
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