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by Joan Serratelli

I 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 © 2026 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.

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.

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