Tell Me...

by Jenni Marie   Apr 1, 2014


"Make the most of the time
you have together"

That's what they say, isn't it?
But what happens when you
don't have that time together?
What happens when days blur
together and you realize that
you're missing out on some of
the most important milestones?

Tell me, what happens when
you can't even spend a single
minute alone together, never
mind hours, days, weeks,
months or years?

{What happens when
your heart is empty?
When it has a hole carved
into it...permanently?}

"Treasure the small moments"
But what happens when those
moments don't exist? What
happens when you go from
one day to the next, never knowing
if you'll never see him again?

Tell me how it feels to be told
you're unfit to look after your
baby boy, the person who
means everything to you, the
{only} person you'd literally die
for? Tell me what it's like
to trust in authorities only to
be screwed over and have the
reason you're alive taken
away from you?

Tell me...
tell me...

how you would survive?

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  • 10 years ago

    by Trinity Heart

    Oh it's truly beautiful the message was just there for all to get and feel it's really a beautiful message 5/5

    -Onyx

  • 10 years ago

    by Beautiful Soul

    This reminds me of poems I used to write as just letting all of your feelings out and they make for the best poems to me because they are very realistic. First thing I noticed is the dialogue. I love the use of dialogue in poems because I believe it enhances the poem and you did a good job here. I also like the use of "tell me" because I think you are wanting to believe everything that has happened to you and you are trying to cope. It's always hard when you lose someone you love. It saddens me how good people always get hurt. The use of questions is great too. Yiu are asking the reader if they have ever left like you and all the pain you are connected to. There is so much sadness in this. Anyway. The last line is the one that hits you hardest. "How would you survive" . I like how you seem to ask the reader this as well. It honestly would be difficult. I don't know half the pain you feel but you are a fighter and strong from what I can tell. Anyways. Beautiful poem very sad and heartfelt.

  • 10 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Here for you always... hope it helped to write this poem and release the emotions. I liked the repeat of "tell me" and the flow of your thoughts. The realization that you can't be there for every little moment, every journey of his childhood struck me with such sadness.

    Stay strong and that day will come soon, you know it!

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