Feeling like death will grab you
.
Something Made me feel sad
I wanna search for the feeling
The layers of sensation that is tangible like a ghost sigh
The layers of a person that complicates
The layers of nature that swirls amongst the humans that dare to trample it
I don't want to write about you
When you threw me away so easily
I don't want to think even when my brain just cannot
Stop
I just wanna talk
And talk about the death
Yes, death
That seems to be pulling at me
Like a slow fly-rod
Teasing in the bright blue stream
Along the rocks
Waiting for me to grab the hook
Will the shock wipe me from oblivion?
Will I pass over
Will I pass through the mist?
I do feel sad
I thought I would search this feeling
But instead
Death grabs at me
Why do I trust love when it is so unprepared for me?
This poem is unfinished
Like how you left us.
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos,
I am Bexley by Resurgence Novels
The Half Paper Moon on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella The Job and Atonement will be published this year by JMS Books
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Heartfelt and relatable
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Comments (9)
Heartbreaking, sad very powerful. 
Sad, yet beautiful. Nicely done.
Those closing lines had such an emotional impact, well done!
This poem is unfinished like how you left us. Omgggg that line!!!! It hit me so hard because that's like so true for me!
And death still lingers....
Love how you finished ( or didn’t) this beautiful poem. ‘Will I pass through the mist?’ What a line
Heartbreaking and as has already been said, highly emotive. On a personal level, I appreciated the fly fishing analogy, even if it was from the perspective at the other end of the line. Great work, Melissa!
Oh ouch. That last two lines are the perfect ending to such a strongly emotive piece. Well done on this Melissa. I noted one tiny thing editorially "I don't what to write about you" is that missing a "want" instead of "what" or maybe "know" before "what"? Ignore me if that seemed rude! :)
This is so emotional... I love that