After Death
By Christina Rossetti The curtains were drawn, the floor was swept And strewn with rushes rosemary and may Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay, Where through lattice ivy- shadows crept.
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By Christina Rossetti The curtains were drawn, the floor was swept And strewn with rushes rosemary and may Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay, Where through lattice ivy- shadows crept.
84 years young you'd have been. And I sit imagining all the things you'd have seen. I remember the last birthday. Where you got your own way. I drove 421 miles. Just to make you smile.
The worst type of crying is the silent one. The one when everyone is asleep. The one where you feel it in your throat, and your eyes become blurry from the tears. The one where you just want to...
'But I don't understand, I don't understand how this all happens, how we go through this, I mean I knew her, and now she's...there's just a body, and I don't understand how come she just can't get...
[Words that lack structure, errant thoughts from my head.]. Soft breeze, blazing sun. A distant horizon, buildings merging into one.
To those of you who supported me when I found out about my cousin Charlie who drowned... My little cousin has been pronounced brain dead.
Everyday is like Walking with Missing limbs, Eating with No sense of taste, Looking through Misted lenses, Colours faded, A rainbow Of grey. All the people Are faceless.
It seemed in slow motion, She never touched the ground, Memories flooded like an ocean, Through my ears the sound, Many years have passed, Soul sisters we always were, How did it all go so fast, All...
Tear drops fall (~.
~Rich~ I sighed, happy Ian found someone, happy Alyssa found someone.... But what about me. If I was really over Leia like I've been saying, I would be head over heels for another girl, right.
I used to wake you up Every single night I had heard a bump That had given me a big fright I once tugged on your shoulder Pleaded for an hour To sleep in your comfy bed While you took a shower I...
#nightdwellers All my life I've been plagued by this sadness. A constantly ebbing feeling of a lacking or inferiority.
Take the needle from your arm, You were once so full of charm You poisoned your mind, You poisoned my heart, One of a kind, Now you're ripped apart Your silver-grey eyes Once glistened like...
#augustwriteaday #haunted I'm haunted by you; Everywhere I go I see you In the crowd, Always a little Too far away To catch up to, But then I realise it Can't be you.
Oh my sweet Delilah Grace, I couldn't wait to see your face And hold your hand and smell your skin - I loved the thought of you within.
When things get hard, and your pushed to the ground the weak stay down, accept their defeat, the strong, stand up, and show the world that even at their worst they can live.
I whisper. But you can hear me if you choose. I lift the broken leaves. That steal beneath your shoes. 'It's just the wind,' you think. But you couldn't be more wrong. If you listen closely,.
Ok just a note this is not offensive to anyone or isn't meant to be taken as a personal attack this is all true life events and people's names in this are real.
I remember the days of us three together. Sitting watching the sunset without a care. But now you are gone. First you died of cancer, didn't you mum. Then you died in a car acident, didn't you dad.
In my face you saw the rain clouds, Plain to see, scattered drawn and weak, Tattered, unrestrained pain, A heart lain at my feet, Transparent, translucent eyes, Abducted by a sin, And as every...
They were a couple,. They were engaged,. The signs were subtle,. It had been gauged,. They were expecting,. Joy struck their heart,. They'd been suspecting,. The room they'd start,.
The night draws in around me. Like black velvet wrapped across us. Warming my arms like a blanket. Giving me refuge from the endless pain. Calling my name in the nighttime.
Despite my cynicism, I've always believed there is a system to finding happiness in life: suffer now, and one day you'll find happiness.
I look at his strong body weaken and a tear falls for my eye to his cheek, "Don't leave me. Don't you... Dare... Stay with me... I love you so you can't leave!" I whimper snivelling every now and...