Void

Another day, harder than the last, another year without you

Needing your lips, your kiss, your touch

Navigating in the darkness without your love and support

I replay our last goodbye, wishing it was different, knowing a million more chances wouldn't suffice

Vacillating between peace and despair, acceptance and rage,

Every stage of grief, when does it end

Ruminating, as my therapist says, won't change the past

Still, it keeps you alive in a twisted, self-destructive cycle,

Always on my mind, always in my soul, my blood, my every waking moment

Resonating over and over like an echoing scream

Your shadow will never leave me

~

Link to the challenge: https://vocal.media/poets/one-year-anniversary-challenge