Lost in Conversation
By Jess Boyes
Your brilliance, your wise advice, your guidance, your love, the support you gave,
oh how I crave that again, just like any child would.
I yearn for your words, words of comfort like a warm blanket wrapped all around me,
oh, you were so proud of me; my number one fan, you’re still in there somewhere,
aren’t you?
Somewhere you’re there, lost in a continuous loop of conversation, on repeat, again, and again, and again,
it will never be over, because you don’t remember,
oh, please won’t someone find the answer?!
God dammit, I miss you! I just want to kiss you and you’ll know who it is as if by magic,
fuck, this is tragic, but I just wanna say, “Mamma, it’s me, it’s your Jay!”
and then you’ll come back to me - one day….
About the Creator
Jess Boyes
From Melbourne, Australia, I love creative writing and food, particularly a good quality cheese or some sort of dairy.
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Comments (16)
Beautiful!
Dazzling job! Keep up the outstanding work—congrats!
Congrats on T.S. and your touching story that is so hard to tell/share. 😞
Sorry about lateness of saying this but congrats on Top Story - so glad more people got to see this poignant thing of raw beauty!
Congratulations on your top story. I lost my mom in 1988 to a massive heart attack. It was so sudden. I cried for days. She had the heartattack working in her rose garden. Mama Loved The Roses was the theme of her celebration to the beyond .
I'm sorry ... be strong. Congratulations on TS!
It almost made me cry congrats on TS🥹
Your work is life giving and amazing
This story making me sad.
This brought tears to my eyes. I lost my mother last summer and I am still working on the effects of that day. Thank you for writing this and congrats on a well deserved Top Story.
So many dear ones lost to us and not by choice! Your words have captured so many tenders moments so beautifully.
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
I am so sorry for the pain in this, but hopefully this helped.
If this is based on a real life situation then I feel for you Regardless this is absolutely beautiful
I'm so sorry you're going through this Jess. I can only imagine how heartbreaking this is. Sending you and your mom lots of love and hugs 🥺❤️
This cuts deep. Beautifully expressed...but sad....I presume autobiographical? It's a beautiful piece though, Jess!