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My Shedding Grief

Jennie Lynn Thrush 1983 (Grand Rapids)

I feel my tears
beneath the surface,
A tickle in the tip of my nose
eyes watering.
Can you hear me
Screaming inside my head.
Like screaming
Into a muffling pillow
My world is falling apart
Now that you're gone
a DAM bursting.
Glossy eyes
Rivers of tears.
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Submitted by JennT on April 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFDGHIDJA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 243
Words 48
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
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2 Comments
  • davidg.20663
    davidg.20663
    I can feel Jennie's pain. I lost a son to cancer over 50 years ago. The hole in my heart is still there. I wish I could hug you, Jennie.
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • clare_l
    clare_l
    I really like the line "like screaming into a muffling pillow", it's so easily relatable yet encapsulated that feeling of hopelessness and frustration and grief at losing a loved one.
    LikeReply 22 years ago

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