Tears keep falling unintentionally
All I do is look at the empty room
Where there used to be bliss
Now I hear the rain drops from the pores of the roof
Where did the spectrum go?
The arts and the antiques?
Where is the life I used to know?
And where are you through all this?
It’s not where it used to be
I see green and dirt
You’re not where you used to be
It stinks the odor of your shirt
Will it fold or fall?
Still trying to keep all of the past
It breaks me, and bitterness rings
Despair won’t stay far from me
Where It Used To Be
Chinneye George
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 07/08/2020
Poet's note: Where I used to be is a story of a person being eaten up by the bitterness of the past, still not wanting to let go. Even when the memories don’t come with colors anymore and everything that used to be falls apart, the character still stays, where it used to be.
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Poem topics: despair, green, life, rain, room, stay, hear, roof, spectrum, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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MR KEITH YATES: This poem speaks, to me, of a truth about not being worthy of a loved one if the love does not keep away despair.
Keith Yates: I have never commented on a poem before but I have recently been drawn to poetry as ive written a couple.
If the you in this poem is his loved one, then the poem speaks a truth about not feeling worthy of a love that does not save you from despair. Or maybe that's just me.
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