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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2007-12-04 11:10 AM

Morning Light

Morning light is always the most painful.
Almost, that is.
Because night is the worst.
Night is when it all shuts down,
gets quiet,
and the aloneness of being by yourself
is excruciatingly screaming
in that vacant space she left
at the center of your soul.
But morning light is always the most painful.
It’s then you have to open your eyes
and realize the prayers you threw to Him,
were not just a dream.
Morning light is when you open your eyes
and see the emptiness beside you in bed;
hear the lack of her moving about,
and breathe air without the aroma of the coffee
she used to make.
Morning light is when her perfume
no longer lingers, a pillow replaces her smile,
and the bed is colder than it’s possible to be.
Morning light is always the most painful;
because it’s then,
you have to prepare for the night.

© wesley james beard, jr.
december 2007

...not about me.

aziza
Member Elite

since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

1 posted 2007-12-04 12:53 PM

You have a fan in me.

And I am so glad that this is NOT about you - it would be too painful to consider.

Truly a haunting and beautiful poem.

Alison

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2007-12-04 01:37 PM

So many poems have been written about great it is to greet the light in the arms of one you love... You write the other side of that story and do so superbly!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2007-12-04 02:23 PM

Yes, in the real world relationships begin and relationships end...James

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2007-12-04 06:20 PM

Very touching, you rendered this pain powerfully.

Love,
Margherita

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

5 posted 2007-12-04 06:25 PM

I must say my friend, that you are quite
right. Well done Jimmy, very well done.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

6 posted 2007-12-04 07:23 PM

I loved it all,
especially "...hear the lack of her moving about..."
pretty powerful stuff, my friend.

Write on

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