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lay my flower (on your grave)

July 2, 2021
By emma_g_creason BRONZE, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
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emma_g_creason BRONZE, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
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I cried

when you died

for too long

for an eternity

because

you were here

with me

for so long

and then

you were gone

and I have a hole

where you should be

and you're not there

anymore.

I cried when you died

and I don't think

part of me ever stopped

because it feels

like I'm

leaking

because every day

that goes by

I'm a little more empty

than I was

the day before.

© Emma C., Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

The author's comments:

I wrote this poem in the wake of my grief after losing my eight-year-old pet rabbit. I still miss her every day, but I felt I was able to get a better grip on my emotions through this piece.

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SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Jul. 6 2021 at 8:13 am
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
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i lost y first bunny years ago, either 3rd or 5th grade. her name was rosemary, she wasn't even an adult. she froze to death(only in Vermont...) I still have her ashes. i was really cut up at the time but I'm over it now. i barely remember her and I don't cry at all. it will get better.