Tears On Blank Pages

Last night I dreamt of you again

Alive, holding me close to your heart

With gentle fingers combing my hair

And songs whispering softly in my ears

 

Awoken, my tear-stained pillow

In reality's nightmare, you no longer exist

As I hold onto my withering dreams close

Forever engraved upon my aching heart.

 

This sadness overcomes all emotions

Shackles and chains, left unbroken

My tears drenched in black ink

Falling upon these blank pages.

 

Only the shadows playing on the walls

Can understand such a wicked pain

Taunting and playing in their own ideas

Taking advantage of this suffering.

 

Lyrical disections of emotions

Finding the words that do not exist

No one will ever truly know or feel

This unwanted, unimaginable hurt.

 

I often wonder, secretly within mind

If there is enough room in that box

For me and for you to share an eternity

Together, once more -- always and forever.

 

Your whispers cut deep into my heart

You would never want that of me.

So I will write away this lifetime of pain

In tears upon these blank pages.

 

Author's Note

My mother.

Reviews

[KAREN]

Beautiful work, and I love the title. Nice expression of feelings!

[Coyote Poetry]

Good to release words to paper. Sometime can release the pain. I like the emotion and the story in this poem. A strong ending to a excellent poem.
Coyote

[MetBySunlight]

I love it. Upsetting but in a beautiful way.

[TPK Stories]

Such a way with words....

[LilMissWriter17]

So sad but beautiful too xx

[Dayran]

Being able to speak of it is a great way in which we continue to relate to the situations difficult to engage. It vitalizes it and comes back to bubble in our experiences so that the other impulses that related to it can now move on to something else. Life heals itself. Nice write!

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Now this is wonderful, as a widow, this one touched me deeply.

[Lily Mae]

Oh my.. how powerful.. Your tears may be written on blank pages but scream out a lifetime of words.. excellent write...x

[Jordan's Back]

I am rendered Speachless

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

This is filled with love, longing and sadness for a loved on that's passed on! Beautifully written in an emotional way!