In the Weight of Loss and Life's Heavy Shadows
A poem about getting older and an unknown woman
The Bowed Head, Captive of Fatigue
The weary steps of generations,
leaving only breathless exhaustion.
The crushing weight
of sorrowful thoughts.
The aching afflictions
of aging.
The furrowing lines
of wrinkled expression.
The screaming void
of a lost spouse.
The daughter’s uneven battle
on cancer’s field.
The soul-wrenching absence
of lost friends.
The incomprehensibility
of the modern world.
The failing sight
and hollow roar of hearing,
Against the mind’s sluggish grasp
and the heart’s restless beating,
That still says,
I love you.
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This poem is written as a response to a prompt on Rattle.com, where I had to put words to a for me unknown person s life. I found this expressive photo of a woman on unsplash, and I gave her a story!
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Henrik Hageland
A poet, a writer of feelings and hope. A Dane and inhibitant of the Earth thinking about what is to come.
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