Meltdown

The black shoes
Lay in a heap
On the cement pavement
And the bloodied footprints
Stepped on all sides round,
Fading away
Into the distance.
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Posted: Jun 2011
About this poem:
I wrote this poem after an incident which left me witnessing a sense of loss , of emotional carnage.
The signs were there afterwards of the damage done, the personal debris left behind, the wounded disappearance of a previous existence.
I think of it now when something terrible happens to me, to others...

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Comments (2)

Redex
So few words but brillianthandshake
boyshchrm6
Certainly a portrayal of loss and emptiness.thumbs up comfort angel
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