Goodbye

What have I built that's come crashing down 

Right in front my eyes

I stand here and let it happen

Now seems such a big surprise.

Fewer words, fewer sights, fewer delights

Lights dim, faces change, snatched in the dark

pieces gone without a trace.

The lights come back on and its not us anymore.

Behind desks, on phones

Disconnected

Not so close and yet very far away

Further livers love more.

lost longing, lost love,

lost connection, lost foundation.

forced smiles

My place fading, the slightest hint

I can no longer outine the shadow

Can no longer taste a smile,

Can no longer smell the delight,

Can no longer hear a voice,

Can no longer believe.

I hoped to be saved

and found another thing to be saved from.

Comments

[Shelli]

[c’est top] I like this one.. at first I get the vibe that it's one person describing a sense of loneliness... but as the poem continues, there's an introduction of another person.

It becomes apparent, to me, that she/he is trying to console themselves and reassures themselves that distance could work yet at the same time, don't entirely believe it.