Altschmerz

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Summary

This collection is an intimate exploration of love, loss, and the haunting shadows of our past. Each poem serves as a raw testament to the fragility of the human spirit, reflecting on the complexities of grief that extend beyond conventional understandings. From the aching heart of a girl mourning her beloved cat to the existential ponderings of a young woman grappling with her identity and trauma, these verses dive deep into the labyrinth of emotions that accompany the passage of time. Through vivid imagery and visceral metaphors—ranging from the gentle decay of memory to the cannibalistic hunger for connection—this work confronts the darkness that often lurks beneath the surface of affection. The poems navigate the tumultuous landscape of relationships, exposing the vulnerability inherent in loving and being loved while wrestling with the ghosts of our own histories. Each line beckons the reader to embrace their own struggles with existence, reminding us that to feel deeply is both a gift and a burden. In this collection, there are no easy answers, only the courageous journey through the beautiful chaos of being alive.☁

Genre
Poetry/Other
Author
Bee
Status
Ongoing
Chapters
6
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
16+

We will meet again

I swear I felt the knife twist deep in my chest when I saw you.


Twitching and crumbling under my touch, gone but not really.


My vision blurred and tears fell to death on you, but I swear it might as well have been blood, for that's how I felt, ache and pain.


No one would understand, for their narrow hearts, you're just a cat.


but to me, you were my hope, life, and childhood.


With you decayed a part of me, my heart.


"You will confront bigger losses" frowned Dad.


As if I aren't already.


With you died all parts of me that had something to look forward to.


with you died the comfort of coming home.


The worst part is,


you probably didn't even know how much you meant to me.


I would've died for you.


I wish I had let you snooze on my lap a little longer that rainy night.


It's been a year and two months, and still, your name is the one that breaks me, even after all that's happened.


grief has killed the little girl that grew up with you.


you are not even a person, hence grieving over you apparently makes me weak and laughable.


As if people don't grieve over absurd things every day.


If it causes you immense pain and paints your day blue and black, it's not stupid, it's not weak.


No one can measure how you love except you.


I hope you heard my chants of "I love you, I love you" over and over again even if you weren't really there.


I wish I wasn't a coward, deathly afraid of losing my sanity and stood with you as you drifted away.


I'm healing little by little, I don't deny. But I'm at home when I'm grieving over you, terrified of forgetting your voice and our warm memories.


Because of you, I know now the value of time and I'm learning how to love accordingly.


But I'm too scared to lose someone again.


It's crazy how I get to be with you your whole life but you don't get to be in mine till I leave.


I hope you can see me writing about you, tears streaming down my face (might as well be blood).


I dream of meeting you again, white skies, you in my arms, unknowingly picking up my pieces.

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