I CAN NOT CRY WHEN I THINK OF YOU ANYMORE, ALL MY TEARS RAN DRY, I ALWAYS HID MY GROWING FEAR LONG AGO, MY FEAR THAT YOU MIGHT DIE, YOU ALWAYS MADE JOKES, WARNING YOUR OWN DEMISE, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO HEAR, I TOOK EVERY JOKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, I KNOW YOU WERE IN PAIN, I CRIED IN HIDING IN A CORNER ALL ALONE, I TRIED NOT TO WATCH IT HAPPEN SLOWLY, BUT YOU WERE SLIPPING AWAY, I NEVER WANTED YOU TO SEE ME UNHAPPY, CRYING IN PAIN, YOU WERE SO STRONG I WANTED TO BE THE SAME, YOU LAID DOWN AND SAID GOODBYE, I CAN’T CRY ANYMORE, NOW NOTHING SEEMS TO SHOCK ME, THE GRIEVING PROCESS HAS BEEN MORE THEN A OCCATIONAL OCCURRENCE, BUT A LIFESTYLE, NOW IM USED TO SAYING GOODBYE, IM LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT, YOU CAN BE STRONG AS A PERSON, BUT YOU STILL MISS THE WAY THINGS WERE, IM STRONGER, I MISS YOU, I CAN NOT CRY WHEN I THINK OF YOU ANYMORE, ALL MY TEARS RAN DRY,
Reason for writing:
MY MOM AND FOUR OTHER IMPORTANT PEOPLE PASSED AWAY WITHIN 2 YRS. IT HAS SHAPED WHO I AM AND I MISS THEM. BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS SO OFTEN SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HARD TO GRIEVE. THIS CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. IM MISS THEM SO MUCH THAT I WANT OTHERS TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES GOING THROUGH THIS. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE NO ONE TOLD ME. I THOUGHT I WAS ALL ALONE. BUT NOW I DEAL WITH IT AND I AM TRYING TO HELP OTHERS.
Birth sign: Cancer
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