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Painting Emotions On You

I like to think you’d be proud of who I’ve become, of my stubborn passion and hyper-fixed ambition. I tell … More

grief, loss

remembering remembering, or trying to

This place is freezing, and I don’t know if it’s the lack of your presence or the AC set to … More

grief, loss, poem, poetry

salted ocean, salted skies

it’s my first time back in these waters since you died and the sky has yet to clear. Sanibel skies … More

grief, loss, poem, poetry

In 5 Years’ Time

60 months. 262 weeks. 1,821 days. 43,701 hours. Has it actually been five years since I last saw you, since … More

arden, cancer, coping with loss, loss, mother, poems

*You’re

I almost wish we’d never met. You stole six months from me, only half of which filled with naive apprehension … More

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Did You Ever Plan On Telling Me?

You were sending me “I love you” as your lips were on her neck.

arden, break up, breakup, cheating, heartbreak, loss, poems, poetry, relationships, writing

The Way They Leave Tells You Everything.

I shouldn’t be laying on my bedroom floor in my now dried towel at 3 A.M. after my 4th shower … More

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Promises

I’ve never known a promise that wasn’t broken so don’t promise me this isn’t the end when all that’ll do … More

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Scintilla

And the worst part is, it was never even fully real to begin with. Was it? It was a rendezvous … More

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Your Old Things, Take Them

I’ve got your stuff all pressed and boxed up, the dust collected atop and all. I don’t want this any … More

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Saudade

4 years ago today I was told you wouldn’t make it. 4 years ago today I didn’t think I would … More

cancer, death, loss, memories, mom, mother, mother death, poem, poems, poetry

I’m Freezing Over

I don’t understand how you can claim to love someone still so deeply yet feed them icy silence, ignoring their … More

break up, breakup, heartbreak, loss, love, poem, poetry, relationships

Writer’s Decongestant

Now I know that this is not a time for us. There are too many miles separating and not enough … More

life, loss, poetry, relationships, writing

Bonfire Heart

I was aimlessly flipping through my journals aged three years, only to see a letter I had begun to write … More

break up, breakup, heartbreak, loss, love, poems, relationships

I Wrote This For You

I am writing this for you. The you who knows me through and through, despite what you may believe, anymore. … More

break up, breakup, heartbreak, loss, lost love, love, poem, poems, poetry, relationships, writing

Everything I’ve Loved Became Everything I’ve Lost

I have a bad habit of not realizing what I have until I let it go and this time that … More

breakup, heartbreak, loss, love, poem, poetry, relationships

Do You?

I want to ask what you think of me. I want to know your candid thoughts when you hear my … More

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I Used To Hold Those Eyes In Mine

I am terrified I will see you look at her the way you used to look at me and I … More

breakup, heartbreak, loss, love, poem, poems, poetry, relationships, writing

The Paradox Of Unhealing

What do you do when a wound was never given time to heal? It’s been left untreated for months continuously … More

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Your Last Poem

No. No, you know what? You don’t deserve to know my thoughts and the way you’ve been circling my mind. … More

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I Found Someone Better

I found myself. 

arden, heartbreak, loss, poems, self love

188 Memories And Photographs

I deleted all of our pictures yesterday.  It was like deleting memories Smiles Laughter The times you still loved me. … More

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I’m Still Learning

Somewhere in the fall, I lost the map to the personal universe behind my green grey eyes. My head is spinning … More

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The Afterthought

It’s really interesting rather funny, actually how we found ourselves in the opposite position we imagined. In the beginning, you … More

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Stained

You always told me you were poisonous that in the end, you would end up with inky blood on your hands … More

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I Made A Playlist Instead Of Writing (Because There Aren’t Words For How This Feels. Just Sounds.)

I Gave You All // Mumford And Sons Nicotine // Panic! At The Disco All Too Well // Taylor Swift … More

heartbreak, loss, love, playlist, Taylor Swift

Disintegrate

sometimes things just d   w   i  n   d   l   e d o w n to nothing. you can just feel disintegrating in … More

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Deconstructed

You took me apart piece by piece. Separated each fragment of my body and my soul and laid me along … More

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Fading Flashbacks

There are days, weeks even that I swear I am okay. All is okay until I hear a laugh that … More

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Posting On Your Facebook

Sometimes I think about how you have never seen my blog. You’ve never read any of my work in the … More

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Mother’s Day

It’s your day, Mom.  I remember our last Mother’s Day. I put together a beautiful little fruit plate in the … More

cancer, loss, memories, mom, mothers day

Moon//Stars//Sun

We used to be like the stars and the moon; constantly together, always to be found in one another’s arms. … More

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On A Bench

We had spent the afternoon in a cafe on the Rue Saint-Jacques, a spring afternoon just like any other. The … More

death, loss, love, poem, poems, poetry

Aftermath

It kicks you in the chest when you are so devastated and in so much pain and you pick up … More

Arden SG, cancer, depression, loss, poem, poems, poetry

Coping With Loss – A Playlist

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Rain

br /> Grieving and loss is like rain; the way it feels, pouring down onto your skin.   You aren’t … More

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Why Writing?

It isn’t unusual for people to ask me what I love to do, and of course, I respond with “writing … More

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