Tag: loss
group name: survivorsforum
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April 01, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
All I wish is just one day pain-free
When buttons, zippers and shoes don't bring a tear to me
I'm tired of giving up cooking so I can wash my hair
Gone is the day for both bathroom . . . more
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October 17, 2006 03:01 PM EDT --
Our money had run out over a year before, I found work but Rich hadn't. He looked for over a year, I typed resumes and we'd pack him off to job interviews and every . . . more
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September 19, 2006 09:41 PM EDT --
Gloria died today. As as I sit here typing these words, I can feel myself falling again, tumbling back through time to a place of grief I felt so long ago, when my mother's own fight against cancer . . . more
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December 12, 2006 09:16 AM EST --
a brown-eyed little girl huddles in a corner
listening to the venom fly
between two who vow love,
and she cries.
years later
a young teenage girl lies in bed
as her mind leaves . . . more
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August 16, 2007 04:55 PM EDT --
Please, don't ask me if I'm over it yet
I'll never be over it
Please, don't tell me he's in a better place
He isn't with me
Please, don't say at least he isn't . . . more
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October 17, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
It's been six years this month. It seems like a moment ago now.
One moment ago when I walked with my father around his yard in West Virginia on a chilly October afternoon. It was the . . . more
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January 20, 2006 11:38 AM EST --
Notes on the past done in the present with hope for the future
New moon new notebook
Total solar eclipse in the southern hemisphere
I write [right] out the total eclipse of my home and family
I know . . . more
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March 27, 2006 12:06 AM EST --
Today I sat three rows back ... and as I sang with all my heart the glorious hymns and songs
My eyes took in this little face that was so perfect in his mothers arms.... My thought . . . more
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May 10, 2006 01:32 PM EDT --
I get a lot of comments on my poetry and prose from people wondering why in one poem I seem so happy, and in another I seem like I am in despair. And that's because my life is that way. . . . more
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April 02, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
I found this story a few months ago and it has helped me explain what my life is now like to those who tell me: "But you don't look sick". Please note that I didn't write the story . . . more
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April 06, 2006 11:07 PM EDT --
I lock myself away and fill my space with white noise, to avoid
the rantings and ravings of you. A caged bird with no escape, I
hide. Peace and calm call to me, eluding me in the presence of you. . . . more
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May 17, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --
Cast off
and cast out
from the ones who care;
I look beside me
and find Emptiness there;
His touches are barren;
His heart is a wasteland;
He cannot fill that void inside;
I turn to hide,
but . . . more
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April 24, 2006 11:10 AM EDT --
for Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, in grief and greening
A purple line draws itself, criss-
crossing paths on Cartesian plane.
The sun's out today. Hello, sun!
Please warm the air, my windowpane.
. . . more
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January 21, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
Grief is such a tricky emotion. It shows up in a variety of ways.
My mother is gone. I am now an orphan. I tell myself that I knew this was coming. It was only a . . . more
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May 02, 2006 11:40 PM EDT --
lonely
afraid
craving
the touch
of anyone sane;
heart spinning
body sinning
who is winning
the game?
lonely rider
racing in the wind
destination unknown;
a precipice looms
way over the tombs . . . more
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September 17, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
Sorrow
Thought I'd left that anguish behind
when forgiveness finally
flooded through the resentment
I do not wish ill
and I have forgiven
Thought it could not hurt anymore
Love had left no room . . . more
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June 22, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
Seeing the naked boys
tied to their beds
abandoned
by their brothers.
One image stood out:
The handsome blond American soldier
giving water to a thirsty naked orphan. . . . more
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June 19, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
I want to try to express my feelings and emotions to my new Gather family.
After a referral from my wonderful friend Trudy P., I joined Gather in April 2007. I had no idea what I was in for. The friends/family . . . more
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August 19, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Your Face
A faded photo
Little comfort
to see your smile
without the sound
of your voice.
To see your eyes
without hearing your laughter.
A faded photo
showing . . . more
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March 22, 2006 01:38 PM EST --
Young and Naive
BY Mandi Gordon
Jan. 2006
Our daughter Beth was born in the summer of 88, the year of the drought, 100 degree days, and relentless humidity. I am so young, so naïve. . . . more
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