Left Behind

Tarrie Simpson 1976 (Indiana)



I'd never felt this way until I had to say goodbye.
A feeling of loss so intense, It's like I might actually die.
I can't eat, can't sleep, your face is all I see.
My chest feels so tight that sometimes I can't even breathe.
For it's not like you just moved from one town to the next.
Where you've gone I cannot follow unless I take drastic steps.
Carrying on, as usual, feels like I am saying I don't care
But I don't know what else to do.
...My God this isn't fair.
I'm told need to get through this, that things get better with time.
But it's the worst feeling I've ever known
                           To be the one who's
                                LEFT BEHIND.
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Submitted on February 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEFGFHIJK
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 659
Words 122
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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