still
The pain is supposed to have passed, but sometimes at the most unexpected moments, at work, in the bus, the train, it comes back and the world seems to be a little bit more lonely.
I wrote this poem for NaPoWriMo 2009, and is posting it for this Poets' Rally Week 56
still
still missing her
after all these years
even though
from the bus windows
the same roads
the sidewalks
have changed
trees grown taller
shop-houses demolished
new monoliths rise
from the ashes
or
the dark walls
of the subway tunnels
rumbling by in a flash
a few feet from my face
and i have tired
counting
the number of stations
that have grown
and still
some things
have not
changed.
25/04/09
17/11/11
********
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2011
I wrote this poem for NaPoWriMo 2009, and is posting it for this Poets' Rally Week 56
photo by chelle
image from morguefile.comstill
still missing her
after all these years
even though
from the bus windows
the same roads
the sidewalks
have changed
trees grown taller
shop-houses demolished
new monoliths rise
from the ashes
or
the dark walls
of the subway tunnels
rumbling by in a flash
a few feet from my face
and i have tired
counting
the number of stations
that have grown
and still
some things
have not
changed.
25/04/09
17/11/11
********
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2011
Labels: landscape, loneliness, lovesongs, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Thursday Poets' Rally
posted by dsnake1 at 11:39 PM
12 Comments:
I like those fleeting scenes!! Yes I agree with you that so much changes around us but still there are things that never change, like old memories. Excellent poem, coming straight from the heart!!
Time erases nothing, but in the end..thanks for sharing,
Sad....change is not always a good thing
Nanka,
thank you!
those who lived in the cities will know what i am saying. the landscape is constantly changing.. and yes, old memories don't change, they just keep adding up. :)
borgpoet
thanks for visiting!
time erases nothing, i will remember that. :)
Susie,
i hope i didn't dampen your mood for the day. :)
this is a poem about loss & longing. i do agree change is not always a good thing, but most times, it's beyond our control.
true words.
we have to be ready for everything, including sad ones when we move forward.
thanks, Morning, for your kind words. :)
I think missing someone who meant a lot to us is a constant, no matter how much time has passed or how much our surrounds change one way or another.
Nice write on the mood, definitely feeling it and not overdone.
thanks, ravenblack, for your comment.
they said change is the only constant, but yeah, missing someone who meant a lot can also be a constant.
Beautifully sad writing. Very well done.
thank you, charles! :)
Greetings,
hope all is well,
invite you to join poetry picnic today, simply share a relevant or a random piece, and enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving,
Always, your presence is sunshine to us.
Best Wishes!
your talent rocks.
xoxox
Thanks! :)
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