SEPARATION

Samuel Vega
Author: Samuel Vega
Word Count: 143
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SEPARATION

A friend on this site wrote about relationships that drift apart slowly. That poem made me think which is harder; the slow break ups or the slit the throat quick ones. Well, here is a story of a quick one… you decide

at night

when I’m enclosed by the dark solitude of my room

is when I feel it most

that’s when the pain is unbearable

wrenching out my insides

and shredding my heart

until salty tears burn my cheeks

and my lungs gasp for air

at night

when the world can no longer make demands

is when my mind roams free

that’s when the confusion emerges

forcing a frenzied recollection of events

and fragmenting each moment for analysis

until all that’s left is a collage

of bitter accusations

at night

when the need to provide for others subsides

is when I reach for you

that’s when the loneliness is felt

making my soul barren of joy

and intensifying the darkness that engulfs me

until all I can do is curl up with a pillow

and sob myself to sleep

  • Cassey

    Cassey

    This made me so sad, for I believe it is something every one of us experiences on some level. Beautiful and sad words.

  • Samuel Vega replied

    thanks!

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