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The Struggle is Real

As it is defined

By Colleen Millsteed Published 3 years ago โ€ข 1 min read
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The crippling pain when I remember your name,

The ache that drowns in my chest,

The tears that surround my broken soul,

The dread laying heavily upon my breast.

๐Ÿ’”

The difficulty swallowing back my sobs,

As I remember a time thatโ€™s now lost,

A happy time, one promising itโ€™s forever,

Back before the lines were crossed.

๐Ÿ’”

I weep through the golden memories,

Times precious but of a forgotten past,

A sorrow of epic proportions,

Times now forever passed.

๐Ÿ’”

The physicality of emotional pain a shock,

The breath expelled without relief,

The hollowness of the devastating loss,

Agonising beyond belief.

๐Ÿ’”

A searching solution across the expanse,

One heartโ€™s whisper to another,

A born wander of possibilities,

Hope is the definition of the other.

๐Ÿ’”

Do you hurt at the unexpected outcome?

Do you wander the same halls of despair,

Feeling nothing can change, nothing get better?

Living the moment realising youโ€™re not there.

๐Ÿ’”

The struggle is real, the struggle is defined,

Emptiness the new norm,

The wedge of raw emotion,

The precipitation from the storm.

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Originally published on Medium

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About the Creator

Colleen Millsteed

My first love is poetry โ€” itโ€™s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves โ€” Iโ€™m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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    Written by Colleen Millsteed