Love Poem: My Baby's Gone
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Written by: Bertie Kraus

My Baby's Gone

Her eyes, 
green emerald gems 
gleam with tears 
reflecting loss and pain,
tell a silent story, 
stored within 
the empty caverns 
of her mind.

Hair, 
of auburn curls 
flowing freely.
Her angelic, pale face 
hiding the tragic scars 
of yesterday's forever embrace. 

Only fragments of intelligence 
rules her mind, left scorched 
by losses only love could bring.
Her mind repeating, 
my only baby,
my dear sweet child, 
rests eternally in peace.

Dresses of imported labels 
and fabrics dwell in her wardrobe
unscathed by wear and tear.  
Favoring T shirts, tank tops, 
and bare feet her typical atire. 

Some
describe her as eloquently eccentric.  
She's stricken
with an attitude of not giving a damn,  
the glamour of living lost somewhere
in between life and death.

Her voice 
softly screeches like fingernails
lightly raking a chalkboard.
Still, she insists on singing. 
With guitar in hand strumming, 
she's riveted 
to singing the blues,
trying to weep the pain away.
...My Baby's gone...