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Rated: 13+ · Book · Emotional · #2136317
Poems written for "The Daily Poem" Contest inspired by various prompts.
#924460 added December 1, 2017 at 10:19pm
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🥇 Disappearing Act
Disappearing Act
*Ribbon* A Daily Winner for November 27th

You didn't really leave me,
you just seemed to fade away
like the sun dissipating in the dusk.

Rather than pain, you left an ache –
a phantom limb
of where you once
were attached to my life.
I am not crippled;
I simply limp onwards
thankful that my fingers
and toes are still here.

How do you calculate loss
when it has been so gradual
that it's only noticed in passing?

I should feel more.
The promises made but not kept,
the commitments broken,
the love shared but now gone.
All I feel is relief.

This train of life continues on.
You're no more than a
passenger who got off
too soon.



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An entry for the November 27th round of "The Not-So-Daily Poem
Prompt: Guns N' Roses - "Street of Dreams"
Poetry Form: Free Verse *BigSmile*
Line Limit: 50
Line Count: 23
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