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The Night Fell Silent
by Melissa Arel
I saw you collapsed, crying in the dark
Two eyes peering through the familiar darkness
Swollen blood-red from an overflow of tears
Tissues surrounding your fragile form
Like clouds of cotton
An angel lost amidst a fury of emotion
I could do nothing to console
the penetrating sadness leaking from your pores
So I quietly slipped away
Leaving you there to battle your demons
While the night fell silent
The trembling moon tenderly wept with you
08/27/2004 Author's Note: For Rachel
Posted on 09/02/2004
Copyright © 2024 Melissa Arel
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 09/02/04 at 06:02 PM more than capturing the feeling of helplessness that hits when pain of immeasurable grief hits a friend you cannot console. Knowing the story behind it makes it all the more poignant Mel |
| Posted by David R Spellman on 09/06/04 at 01:20 PM This just cries with such deep feeling and evokes much the same, creating empathy with the subject and with the helplessness of the author. Powerful stuff! |
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