I wasn't quite dead
But you buried
Me anyway
It wasn't much
Of a ceremony
But what
Did I expect
I wish this hole
Was deeper
Because I can still
Hear your voice
Going on and on
To your friends
About all the ways
I wasn't right for you
And who invited
Them anyway
They're your friends
Oh, that's right
You did
I wish it was Sunday
Then you could
Move on
Go to brunch
Or something
And
Leave me
At the bottom
Of this hole
You've thrown
Enough dirt
On me
For today
I know, I know
You never meant
For it to be
This way
But I was just so-
And too-
You needed me
To be more-
And not so-
Yes, I know
I get it
Okay
It's over
But
If you change
Your mind
Just know
I'll be right
Here, waiting
In this hole
For you
Always
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Powerful stuff. I’ve been there.
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Thank you.
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Nice 🙂
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Thanks.
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I wouldn’t wait for anyone like that, no matter what, but it’s a great poem.
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I’d like to think I wouldn’t but, well . . .
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… And suddenly you’re there. Well. It is love, and nothing you can or should control… 🌸💗. Lesson to learn, oh, such a good lesson to learn.
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Thank you.
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I was thinking the same thing. So sad that one could actually be addicted to a person.
The photo reminds me of the movie “The Ring.” Creepy.
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Nice
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Thank you.
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Fuck. Amazing. Exactly. Just exactly. I love you, brother.
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Can I be the little spoon?
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Of course.
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Hell yeah!
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Nice
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Thank you.
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Wow! Ouch! and Nice!
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Thanks, Will.
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It is horrible to be deserted abandoned and forgotten but hope sustains life . 👍👍
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Very true. Thank you for reading.
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I love the rhythm and inner conversation of this one.
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Thank you very much.
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Until one day you won’t. Very poignant poem!
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Thank you. Luckily for me, this is fiction. For now.
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That is very good then 🙂
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Glad to hear it. Nobody deserves that.
James Dobson (psychologist) said once that the power in a relationship belongs to the one who cares the least. Sad, but true.
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Very true. Makes sense, I like that observation. Thanks for stopping by.
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Love this – so funny!
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Thanks. It was meant to be more humorous than serious. I appreciate you getting that.
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Oops. I didn’t get that. Obviously you’ve never experienced it, and I hope you never do.
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Beautiful
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Thank you!
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Heart-breaking, and beautiful. The emotion is palpable, and many will recognise that feeling. This one’s a stunner, River. 🙂
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Thank you very much, Alli.
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Oh wow. Now I feel like crying.
How is it you can write so eloquently? 💗
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I appreciate you saying so. I’m just thinking and writing. Not much else.
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Aw..the ending just did me in.
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Thanks for reading.
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Very you, this poem. So good.
Happy to be reading you again. Hope you’re well 💜
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Thank you. I hope you are well too.
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Brilliant, love it.
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Thank you.
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I say “wow”
And, I’m NOT referring to World of Warcraft…
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Thanks, Charlie.
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That’s deep. Prisoner of love…
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Thank you.
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But you are-
And you will always be-
And you can pull yourself out:-)
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Very true. Thanks for reading.
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Hopefully, one day, we’ll get out of that hole.
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For sure. Thanks for reading.
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A very emotional piece. Well done!
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Thank you very much.
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My pleasure.
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Wow! Love sucks sometimes, doesn’t it… Very well done, I loved the ending.
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Nothing else can get you so high and so low. Thanks for reading.
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Dodge the shovel-fulls….eventually, the hole will be filled and one can step out
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Very true, I like that!
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Love the double entendre of broken heart and being buried. Nice.
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Thanks so much.
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I feel for the poet. very well written
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Thank you very much.
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I loved this poem too!!!
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Thanks!
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Reblogged this on Mitch Teemley and commented:
My Featured Blogger this week is River Dixon of The Stories In Between. I don’t know a lot about River, except that he lives in Arizona and writes short stories and poems; he has seven published collections to his credit. The poem below approaches painfully familiar territory: the pain of rejection. Sincere-but-amateurish love poems are legion. But that’s not River. River’s imagery and approach are fresh, polished, and all his own. Whether the subject is unrequited love or pandemic-driven isolation in 2020, he’s always worth reading. As his author page at Amazon puts it, he writes about “the darkness and the light which exist in all of us…(and) through this exposure comes an understanding of the common struggles shared by each of us.”
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So sad but so well put.
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Thank you.
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Very cool. Well done.
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Thank you!
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The dialogue, the smooth flow of it, rings so humorously true. Could easily apply to any number of friendships that have gone in a hole to die, just for “dirt” reasons. Authentic and fresh.
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Thank you very much for reading.
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Powerful! Thanks, Mitch!
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Love ❤️ this! I know how that feels…
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Thank you for taking the time to read.
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It was my pleasure!
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Direct hit to the heart . . .
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Thanks, Liz.
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You’re welcome, River.
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What happened in your life as the living dead is reflected in your poems
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Hmm, that’s a very good question.
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And what about the anser
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I don’t think I know the answer. Maybe that is what my writing is for, to help me figure things out. Maybe one day I’ll know.
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You sound two decades younger, like a lovelorn adolescent boy.
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That’s funny. This was actually inspired by someone I know. Although he is a grown man, he is perpetually a lovelorn adolescent boy.
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I think he’s endowed with a young heart which will be free from the creases of burdensome memories.
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I hope so.
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Awww, sounds like a letter to my mother. Very personal. I appreciate the trip inside.
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Thank you very much for reading!
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So elegantly written!
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Thank you, Dawn.
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