The Space in the Bed

in #poetry7 years ago (edited)

This space in the bed is bigger than the both of us

a chasm that seems impossible to fill

it slowly swallowed our hopes and dreams

i fear that one day it will swallow us too

the space in the bed is filled with silence

silent anger
silent tears
silent heartbreak
silent regret

the silence is louder than anything else

it drowns us both out

til we can do nothing but allow the silence to envelope us

the silence is safer than sound

the sound echos loudly into the space in the bed

the sound claws and rips

fighting to escape us

begging for the freedom of release

but still the silence of the space prevails

the space in the bed has slowly emptied us of ourselves

creating a shell of the love that used to reside in it

Do you remember the love that used to reside there ?

Do you remember how that spaced used to be filled with secrets, moments of delight, comfort, warmth?

we are at war

But i fear

that we are losing to the space in the bed

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so beautifully written - but very sad, I must say :(

Thank you ! And yeah normally my writing is pretty dark.... just the way i write i guess lol

We are all made up of both... I too have and love my own dark side...
Love it irrespective! :)

Sometimes expressing the dark side is the only way to keep from being bogged down by it

so VERY true!!!!!!!

what a beauutifull poetryy <3

Thank you so much !

I certainly hope this is just creative empathy and not a current reality...

I just tend to write really dark stuff whenever I write lol

Love the poem... Just hoping it's a work of fiction?

When I get creative it just goes really dark somehow XD

Every couple who has been together for a long time knows that space.