Is that you?
I can see your smile
I can smell you
I can smell your body
Is that you?
No, this is the work
Of my imagination
You’ll never be here again
Day dreaming
I miss you.
How could you
Go away
And leave this gulf
between us?
You never asked for permission
To come into this world
And you did not ask for permission
To leave
Shrapnel in the abdomen
And chest
You tried to stand but fell
You fell to the ground
And bled to death
And now every drop
of blood in my veins
yearns for you
And every day
I drown in my own tears
There was strong resistance
You had rushed
To help the injured
Killed by your passion
For others
That night they set fire
to the house and the next
day bulldozed it to the ground
They buried you
And I never got
To pay one last tribute.
And now every drop
of blood in my veins
yearns for you
And every day
I drown in my own tears.
Author notes
from the testimony of an Arab woman
Written August 16th, 2004
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This is a really great write. Awesome flow, and very emotional. Depressing poetry catches my eye.
I really loved it.
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Oh, this is so sad and touching. You have captured the pain so vividly, such yearning and mourning.
A very emotional and heartfelt poem. Nicely done, I enjoyed reading.
~ Wendy -
Great
This Is A Very Powerful Poem. I Love The Way You Wrote It, This Really Makes The Poem Stand Out. Also The Way You Express Many Feelings And How You Can Feel The Saddness. War Is A Terrible Thing And We've Lost Many People In It. I Like How You Reapeat That Line, Because It Makes Us Feel The Pain You Are Going Threw, Great Job. -
A compassionatly written and powerful poem, deldev. I know the sadness and destruction brought on by war is perhaps the hardest for people like this woman, who've lost loved ones in such a way.
An excellent recounting of one of life's most sad extremeties.
Dee
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wow, this was really moving. xxxxxx
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aww this is very upsetting thanks fro sharing means loads this poem to me because i have lost loads of people lately well keep writing well good job !!
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Powerful poem, great subject to chose, you did a wonderful job with this.
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