Broken
by Rachel Simon
I feel so broken inside
Torn into miniscule pieces
By the lack of your solidity
The barrenness of my arms
Nothing erases the pain of your loss
And day after day
I wish I could go back
back to two years ago
To protect myself from who I am today
Because now, it’s as if I
see with only one eye
breathe with only one lung
feel with only half my heart
I am only half here
I am only half gone
:::
about the poet.
Rachel Simon lost her daughter Shiloh to an umbilical cord accident in October 2008. She created a website in memory of Shiloh: In Memory of our Daughter, and maintains a blog called Our Healing Journey.
Remembering Shiloh today on her second birthday and holding Rachel and her family close.
Wow. That is beautifully sad. It resonates with me loud and clear.
ReplyDeleteReally resonated with me, too.
ReplyDeleteRemembering Shiloh today and always.
xo
Wow. Those last two lines resonate particularly stongly. I feel them echoing in my soul.
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Remembering Shiloh. Your poem says it all just right.
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