{"id":401,"date":"2019-09-02T11:46:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freerangepoetry.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2019-09-06T11:39:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:39:49","slug":"on-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freerangepoetry.com\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"on loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

there\nis a crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it was never there before
it was not there yesterday
yesterday, I was whole
today, there is<\/strong> a hole
a gap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

where once there was togetherness
now there are sides<\/p>\n\n\n\n

this side, over here.
that side, over there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the middle, part is missing.
imagined differences become reality
defined by absence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

absence, separation, cracks.
as we leave each other, we redefine ourselves anew
becoming less than what we were together
and yet
more than what we were before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

our memories become Kintsugi lacquer,
healing our broken cracks, making us stronger, and beautiful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

you may not return
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(that side, over there)
and yet
your golden memories fill the cracks in me
making me beautiful<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and stronger.


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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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there is a crack. it was never there beforeit was not there yesterdayyesterday, I was wholetoday, there is a holea gap where once there was togethernessnow there are sides this…<\/p>\n

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