on paper
blue-smudged, yellow-curled of verses
lifting us in lark
of fun, light as clouds
months later,
on grieving your leaving,
we read
your letter
<dart-folded plane>
we should've been giggling
but your voice cuts
& weighs heavy as stone door
we cannot close
Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Quadrille, hosted by De Jackson. This is a post of 44 words, with the given word, PAPER. Join us when the pub doors open at 3pm EST. Thanks for the visits and comments.
Grace, there is OH so aching-much to love about this. The rhythm found in "grieving your leaving," and holy cow, that ...
ReplyDeletePainfully beautiful.
Such a sad ending.....I treasure the few things that have my mother's handwriting on them. They would mean nothing to anyone else....a small gift tag from a long ago Christmas present, the inside of a little book about Christmas where she wrote her name.
ReplyDeleteI can feel the ache in this, Grace. So sad--those found things that do weigh like a stone door.
ReplyDeleteThe touch of your words is so light but there is such gravity to them here.
ReplyDeletesupple ... and lovely, in an aching way
ReplyDeleteI can really see this, how those light-hearted notes have lost their lightness after his leaving.
ReplyDeleteKicker ending! Good write.
ReplyDeleteI love the movement from the lightness of paper to the heaviness of stone - it's very effective.
ReplyDeleteA treasured note held down by weight of sorrow...poignantly told, Grace.
ReplyDeletePoignant poetry 💕
ReplyDeleteSometimes the weight of words on the paper can be much heavier than the paper itself!
ReplyDeletewow what an ending powerful stuff.
ReplyDeleteThe way that words can become weighted. You capture that so well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words.
ReplyDeleteI can feel the paper weight of words where once they flew so free.
ReplyDeleteWhat were once light words now full of heaviness...lovely poetry...
ReplyDeleteOh I feel this! So beautifully done, grace.
ReplyDeleteThis journey from light to sad is a stunning write.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by to read mine
Much💜love
Very very poignant, Grace - you gave me the feels with this piece.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
David [ben Alexander]
Grace, this is such a sad poem .. beautifully crafted. A close friend's daughter committed suicide on January 1. I could not help thinking about all she may have left behind, pieces of her on paper for all of eternity.
ReplyDeleteHeart wrenching words dear Grace.
ReplyDeleteBeauty in sadness, heaviness in light words!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - the sadness of remembering.
ReplyDeletevery poignant, you captured the emotions so well!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully composed, Grace. From lilting to stone. So sad.
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