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Houston, there is ISS: Somebody knocks on the airlock. From outside.
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What Is Left of Me
What Is Left of Me
I went away for a while, let the world pull me in
Let the job and pay and repetitive days fill a void
The problem I found was I forgot what it was, what was this void that needed filling?
Walk down the aisle, climb the ladder, grab the box and repeat, what is this void?
Clock in for lunch clock back in then out for the day, what is this void I say?
This void is me.
The void is what happened when I forgot how to be creative
When I stopped being able to take risks
When I became so comfortable with what I was doing I forgot what I am.
I'm a person. A poet. A weight lifter.
I have let myself fall into a routine that
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just words
The truth is
I dont just miss you
I miss the person I am with you
I am different when you are here
I am different when you arent
Its not about being together
Or happily ever afters
Its about waking up and knowing
You are in my corner
There were a lot of truths in those last words
Tossing out that box of old hurts and regrets was necessary.
The problem is, there were other boxes
A friendship and trust that had developed
A bond that we didn't resurrect..but that we created and protected from everyone but ourselves
You are bigger than the puzzle piece
That fell out when you left
I am more than the sum of my parts
But Im not the answer I've b
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Matchstick
irreplaceable yet unnecessary
leave me in your retrospect
where you found me, unwanted & with a question mark over my head
or a Matchstick, maybe
I'm the fire you started &
couldn't put out
the one you doused &
the One you'll freeze without.
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I remember hearing a story somewhere about the Soviet program hearing knocking outside MIR. Scared the cosmonauts senseless.