Was

I’m not sure I believe
that one day the void will close,
the glass will be filled
and all will smell of roses
with the sky lightened by 
another new morning

better to have loved and lost,
easier said than done,
adrift in the tide with our 
memories washing against me

The inevitability of the kiss 
of sea and sand
seems less romantic 
and more a nuisance 
now an endless cycle all too familiar

never entering my mind that 
the day would come
when I’d be drained of all hope
for the rekindling of what was 

and god, we really were something

Reviews

[BLACKBEARD]

This poem is perfect. I like the first three stanzas.
I like the first stanza due to the fact that it portrays a sense of loss and a sense of withdrawals from missing a person who is no longer existent in your life.
The second stanza also deals with a sense of loss and I like how you use the tides to represent memories of experiences being washed away
The third stanza is my favorite. This is because it continues the imagery of the ocean and how love doesn't seem to be all that exciting anymore.

Good work

[Kelly Scheppers]

The revelation of knowing how another compliments us is a cruel awakening in the afterthought of a lost relationship. Truly, "an endless cycle all too familiar."