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Chasing Grief

Guilt

Guilt

Aug 27, 2023

This content is intended for mature audiences for the following reasons.

  • •  Suicide and self-harm
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Like a ship sinking whose doors burst open 
Water rushed into my face, all locks broken 
I remember your eyes, lips, your nose, and ears 
Your tender face and the heart I loved all these years

My heart cried in all the pain and grief after all this time 
And in frustration for forgetting all that we've been; a crime 
I screamed out all my anger underwater 
Why should I care if salt water burned my lungs for all of it to be over?

My tears must have filled up the seas like rain 
For how else would I feel the slam of waves undersea? 
Open wounds in an ocean pressing in all pain 
Even the taste of water was saltier than that of the sea

Throat closing, salt water clawing through the insides of my neck 
Still, no pain matches that of my betrayal to you 
How dare I disrespect our memories I swore to protect? 
No punishment in all the worlds to exist for this would do
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How could I do this? How, in all the worlds to exist, could I do this? How could I have forgotten you? How could I have betrayed you? How could I forget all our memories for a mere wild pleasure? I can never forgive myself. I shall never be forgiven.

#poem #poetry #short_story #Chasing_Grief #romance #forgotten #Betrayal #realization #revelation #sea

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Project Hybrid
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Perfect title for this poem! Indeed, guilt can sometimes feel like you're drowning

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