Tag: #pain

• Quote 27 : Forgive yourself

  

  I felt the need to write this. It was something I said to a friend who lost her brother. I decided to share it because I realized she probably was not the only one who needed to hear it. Relationships are complicated and they rarely end perfectly, especially with those we are closest to. Because,…

  Smitha V

  October 21, 2022

  Quotes

  #dealing with loss, #death, #forgiveyourself, #grief, #healing, #inspiration, #letgo, #life, #loss, #pain, #staystrong, #truth

• NaPoWriMo Day 3: Sleep, my baby, sleep

  

  Today’s prompt is to write a Spanish form called a “glosa” – literally a poem that glosses, or explains, or in some way responds to another poem. The idea is to take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds to each line of the…

  Smitha V

  April 3, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #day3, #death, #Destruction, #forukraine, #GloPoWriMo2022, #glosapoetry, #longpoem, #lullaby, #motherandchild, #NaPoWriMo2022, #news, #pain, #tribute, #Ukraine, #War

• I miss you so bad

  

  I thought I was done missing you You had to go everybody has to someday. I’ve been telling myself and it’s been okay I feel you closer than before those days you looked at me as if I were the traffic during rush hour or a distant voice a memory I thought I was done…

  Smitha V

  March 23, 2022

  Poetry

  #healing, #losingaparent, #missingmom, #missingyou, #mother, #pain, #poem, #soaring, #writingprompt

• Naveen – A tribute

  

  ‘Naveen’ means fresh, creative, bright ‘Naveen’ was my mom’s youngest brother’s name “He died when he was two,” my grandma told me with a tear in her eye. “A long, long time ago.” Yesterday, Naveen died once again This time, he was twenty-one A year older than my daughter is now He was studying to…

  Smitha V

  March 2, 2022

  Poetry

  #CallforPeace, #children, #conflict, #dreams, #families, #pain, #Sorrow, #tribute, #Ukraine, #War

• Closure

  

  Is it possible to weep without a tear,a whimper or any other soundand without your breath racing?Is it possible to grieve without fearOf everybody being around with nobody knowing?It happens in the blink of an eyeWhen your picture on the wall I pass byI see you smiling and my heart wails My brain doesn’t fight…

  Smitha V

  August 23, 2021

  Poetry

  #closure, #dealingwithpain, #death, #grief, #loss, #pain, #poem, #questionpoem, #Sorrow