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Poetry

This is a collection of poems about losing people. They were written sporadically in the past few years. I welcome any feedback you may have.

Severance

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by Skullerina

by Skullerina

Severance

I have gotten used to letting go of people

Again and again.

They stay inside my heart for awhile

But most of them are passers-by.

I know they will leave inevitably

So I always say my goodbyes quietly

even before they make up their minds

even before they pack up and go.

When they’re gone

I try not to search the gaps

and hollow spaces they once occupied

I try not to feel the small indentations

caused by every word

and every touch

But the mind is a masochist—

It goes back again and again.

It keeps probing

Unable to resist asking

the whys

and the what ifs

that will never be answered.