what do you call
the silence
you do not hear
anymore,
vases
you do not
need to fill
and the empty bed
you sleep in
because -
it belongs like that.
you are not alone.
the white ghost
of loneliness
holds your hand
gently.
you forget she is there
but you do not need
to seek out another.
you know her
and you have grown
to love her hard edges
and soft quiet
that wraps around you
like comfort.
she sings with you
in the night
and drinks coffee with you
in the mornings
and every afternoon
you wonder
when
(if)
you will ever
want to
leave her.
About the Creator
Sara
Don’t look for love.
Be love.
Reader insights
Outstanding
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
Top insights
Compelling and original writing
Creative use of language & vocab
Heartfelt and relatable
The story invoked strong personal emotions
Doing it for the troops
The others dropped like flies around me. We fought and struggled to get to this point. I'm the only one left now. The objective is right there. A mere two hundred feet away. The last of my team got a bullet to the head right next to me, but I couldn't do anything. I was able to locate and neutralise the sniper as he shot my friend, so his death was at least not in vain.
By Mohammed Darasi6 days ago in Fiction
Comments (22)
Congrats on Top Story!🥳
I really appreciate and love this. So relatable and I understand what it's like to start falling in love with your loneliness, getting so used to it, and just accepting it
Congratulations on the top story!
Love how deep this gets in such a short space of words. So personal, but relatable at the same time! The imagery is fantastic.
This is just gorgeous. Heartbreakingly gorgeous. And all too relatable. Incredibly well written and well deserved top story
Sublime, Sara. Just sublime. I love that you personified loneliness and being alone almost as a positive thing. congrats on Top Story
lovely poem...beautifully written...
So beautiful! ❤️
💗 This was incredibly beautiful💗
Beautifully Put!
Such a beautiful and heart-wrenching poem. Congratulations on top story!
Beautiful work!
Wow this is so good beautiful and yearning. Congrats on the well deserved top story.
Nice one
Beautiful poetry!
As beautiful as it is sad. Wonderful job, congratulations on TS. I thought your opening was splendid, it opens a whole world of meaning and feeling. You could feel every line. Great work.
She is not such a bad old stick ❤
Hauntingly sad. It is beautifully written; congratulations on the top story!
'Holds your hand gently', 'and drinks coffee with you' I loved these lines. The whole tone was sad and haunting but weirdly comforting. I don't know what says about me, lol. Beautiful work, congrats on top story :)
This is beautiful. Congrats on the TS.
Congratulations on your Top Story,
I'd rather give her the moments she will ever need.