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Your Picture
by Joan SerratelliI just saw
your picture
on a site
that I happened on
You and your children
staring at me
I just sat here
and stared
I wanted to cry
I wanted to shout
but instead I
just came here
to write
You used
to be my
daughter
you used
to be part
of my life
now you're just
a picture
not part
of my soul
How could this
have happened?
We were once
a family
now you're just
a picture
staring
right back
at me
No more tears
will I shed
for a love
that is lost
I have to go on
without you
in my life
04/07/2009 Author's Note: I just ran across a picture of my oldest daughter on "Facebook". We have not talked in 3 years and I have no clue why.
Posted on 04/07/2009
Copyright © 2024 Joan Serratelli
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 04/07/09 at 05:56 PM ...joan, a hurtful and helpful [cathartic-theraupetic]...write. i hug you...it is a love she'll miss...hang in there...peace to you soul.
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| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 04/07/09 at 07:25 PM Extraordinary and heartbreaking, and that refers to both the circumstances and the poem itself. |
| Posted by Maude Curtis on 04/08/09 at 01:34 AM My heart aches for you Joan. Just keep loving her . Someday she'll realize what she is missing. |
| Posted by Razel Davies on 07/19/09 at 12:24 PM She will always be a part of your soul, the sheer emotion here proves that. Heartbreaking, i felt like crying myself as i read this. |
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