True Loss
Identity
I remember fearing losing you
Who I would become without you
Now I look in the mirror
And don’t know who I am
With you by my side
It’s sad to know
All along
I’d lost
Me
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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After years of questioning and searching for answers deep within, she discovered that she felt nothing towards her parents. No love warmed her heart for them, and no longing disturbed her days. After diving deep into her emotions, she confronted this painful truth and asked herself the question she had long avoided: Why? The sorrow gnawed at her as she faced this bitter reality, and the thought of whether this fate would also befall her children weighed heavily on her.
By Warm vanilla 4 days ago in Poets
Comments (22)
amazing story of the day. Can you please guide me by reading my story?
I agree with Teena...it goes directly to the bones...stings a little too. Yep...relatable and wonderfully human. Cingrats.
Haunting and often applicable to many aspects of loss.
Nice one . congrats for TS
Is it strange that, from the photo and language, I am thinking of a dog?
A very sad truth expressed in just the right way...poetically. Congratulations on writing a winner of a top story-poem!
Oh Kelli, I feel this in my bones! 💓 Such a well-deserved TS xx
Congrats on Too Story!🤩🤩🤩🤩
beautifully articulated and sad. well done! congrats on ts!
This hits home very close. Truly a great piece with such honesty!
Brilliantly written and congratulations on Top Story!!!💕❤️❤️
Beautifully sad. Well done, Kelli!
Ugh, so powerful.
Congrats on the TS.
Yes we must remember who we are in a relationship to really exist.
This is a real gut-punch of a poem. Wonderful job!
Well-wrought!
And if (when you choose) to have another, hang on tight to you because you are "it". Number one! You slung it well, Kelli Boo!
This is wonderful. Well done.
Wow! this one was really deep! amazing entry Kelli. Super proud of you. Still working on mine. :)
Oooft this one hits hard in the gut. Great entry, Kelli
Oh no, that is the worst love to lose oneself....great poem!