Poem: Numb
Thank you for stopping by. This poem can now be found in my poetry collection “Origami Stars and Hot Air Moon” published by Winter Goose Publishing.
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Good one, Mandie! I especially love the 2nd stanza.
Thank you, Diana. It’s funny, I wrote the poem and I had to go back and read what the second stanza so I could reply to your comment. As I read it, I realized that I find those two emotions, grief and happiness, are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. Happiness is where I would love to always find myself, and grief is the side that I wish I never had to visit. I wonder how other people would describe their spectrum and what emotion they would place on each side.
I think numbness can be more devastating than pain… I think that I have heard that from people cutting themselves, that the pain is preferable to the void of nothingness…
I think there is a lot of truth in that, Björn.
I can relate to this, and fully agree. Numb is the WORST.
Agreed.