Love Poem: Forever Lost
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Written by: Tony Bush

Forever Lost

Sharp, the chill sends messages bleeding 
Icicles along the contours of my very spine, 
Lashing out in my brain, 
Truth targeting each cell it can locate or define. 
I am King Canute sat on the sand, 
Extended arms to hold back the sweeping tide, 
I gulp the cyanide tears, 
Bite down on cold enamel to subdue the grief inside. 
So senseless, so beyond comprehension, 
Less pattern or reason I could never know; 
I soul-search my mind and heart, 
Yet always come up empty, with nothing to show. 
All I really understand is that I 
Loved you and will love you still 
And the culprit beast of tragedy 
Has force fed me the bitterest pill. 
When you were stolen away, I fear 
The fire in me turned cold as midnight frost; 
Are the sweetest smiles you sculpted on my face 
Now decreed a memory... 
...Forsaken...? 
...Forever lost...?