After all those empty nights,
without your slow breathing
to lull me to sleep,
I forgot what it meant
to feel safe and loved.
Long before you left,
you were already gone.
© Sarah Doughty
For the ‘Support Insta Writers’ August Prompts
(based on books written by authors in the IG community)
hosted by Tracy and Journee.
Silvery Sheets, Lullabies, And Other Goodbyes by @mister_paradoxal
the two last lines have a very painful familiarity to them to me. This made me cry.
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Aww, I’m so very sorry that it made you cry. Unfortunately, this is something rather common these days, so you aren’t alone in your pain.
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Wow. Just wow
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Thanks so much! 😊
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Reblogged this on Orthometry.
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Hauntingly Beautiful.
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Oh, thank you! 😊
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“Long before you left,
you were already gone”
…..beautifully expressed!
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Thank you! 😊
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Wonderful write!
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Thank you! 😊
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You’re welcome Sarah! 🙂
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Beautiful. And familiar
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Awww, I’m sorry to hear that.
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this. this. this left my heart in pieces.
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Awww, I’m sorry, love.
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it’s okay. i’m fine with bleeding lines. 😉 i actually love them 😉
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Awww. I understand.
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😉
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I have been on both sides of this, Sarah… When something is over, it’s over; and we are no longer mentally there! Harder for the one left behind, so to speak, I’ve found! 😦
xoxoxo
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Unfortunately yes, but at least both parties will have a chance to move on, as long as the one who has mentally left actually leaves. 💖
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Oh, this is an entirely different thing… This would be so hard to live with… Doesn’t even bear thinking about! Awful…
❤
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That’s very true. I know I wouldn’t want to live like that. Thank you.
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Nice. A little sad though.
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It is. Thank you for the kind words.
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You’re welcome.
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Oh Sarah, God I can relate to this:
“I forgot what it meant
to feel safe and loved.
Long before you left,
you were already gone.”
Yes, Gawd to this!
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Aw I’m so sorry to hear that. 💖
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It’s okay. That’s life. Growing pains! 🙂
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That’s very true.
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when tis near the morrow no more sorrow!
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Indeed. Thank you so much! 😊
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I felt like that with some people in my life. 😥 Lovely poem. 💕
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Thank you so much!
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People being gone before their bodies disappear.
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Yes, it’s like their mind is already out the door.
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love the layered remembrance in this piece – “After all those empty nights … Long before you left, you were already gone.”
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Oh, thank you so much! 😊
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always
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Wonderful poem.
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Thank you! 😊
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amazing!
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Thank you! 😊
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Feel like crying now. Bravo
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Oh, I’m sorry for that. But thank you for the kind words. 😊
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Beautiful..loved it
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Thank you so much! 😊
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