I wish you were here
watching the flowers rise
from the garden we planted
maybe you are here
whispering words through
the breeze telling me to go on
but how can I with this
void inside my heart
I just wish you were here
- Inspired by Writers Digest Poetic Aside 2019 April PAD Challenge: Day 22 and dVerse Quadrille #78: Rise
This is tender and sad. How many have voiced the same pleas...
ReplyDeleteA poignant write combining the two prompts. I love the new life of the rising flowers in juxtaposition to the loss of a beloved one.
ReplyDeleteI really like this description of grief and missing someone.
ReplyDeleteAh. Sadness well phrased.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a poignant postcard, and I have also listened for words whispered through the breeze.
ReplyDeleteNice message to the beyond.
ReplyDeleteVery moving. We've had that experience, feeling the sadness, but needing to move on. I like the whispering words on a breeze.
ReplyDeleteSo many voices on the breeze….memories come to call.
ReplyDeleteThe loss is felt so deeply in this... what a sad sad poem
ReplyDeleteThis is a heartbreaking piece. I can feel the pain of loss.
ReplyDeleteLovely, but sad.
ReplyDeleteWow. I didn't mean to make everyone cry. LOL. Thanks everyone for reading and commenting.
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