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Dark Day

Words for a loved one that will be dearly missed

Today is much darker than yesterday  You are gone no longer by my side.  The nights and days we spent together  Forever cherished as these live in my mind.  You were always here always close to me,  Giving me your love without reserve  Eyes so blue the cl...

Individuality Lost

Children having to conform and fit societies mould.

When a child is brought into this human race . Innocent, totally pure, body, mind and soul.Beliefs, adulterated by others, having to face.Impressionable, without any damage control.Accepting propaganda, becoming a safe place. Expectations of others soon,...

For Andres

A Scream from within in memory of an Angel

Angel you flew away, to where there is no pain.Just short of two years life,Your mistreatment so profane.Your face was lovely, with precious tears.Hands small and soft, you erased my own fears.Your hair was ever so dark, your eyes quite so bright.Yet your...

Empty Kitchen

My father spoke of my mom's love of the sunrise at her funeral, thus I dedicate this to her.

“Shoot!” The exclamation punctuated the sound of pottery shattering. My neighbor, Karen had dropped a cup. It lay in shards across the hard kitchen tile. “Don’t worry, it’s just a cup. I have others,” I say, fetching the broom and dustpan. “I am sorry, so...

Precious Things

For Xuani, Ash, and Hiram Lawrence Jr.

I had her name traced above my heart Cupped my belly, feeling the spark Within, I felt the beat of life, the echo of her cry Her breath a butterfly Brushing the cobwebs from the grave with her wing Oh you precious thing And she, oh she had his name tattoo...

This small forgotten bar in the middle of the city The girl sits behind the piano No one pays her any mind except meHer smile a slash of sadnessShe plays her first chord And from nowhere this jazz sound emergesShe should be playing in concerts Her fingers...

Oyster

Sometimes the prize isn't worth the effort.

OysterHe walks along the sandy shore,Looking for the perfect place to stop.It takes him a while to find just the right place.He throws down a colourful blanket andSets up his things, ready to write.As he begins to put clever things onto the paper,He notic...

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My imagination.

A poem about a small bump I took for granted..

I imagine you have my hair. My nose. Maybe my smile.your daddy's eyes that twinkleevery once in a while. I imagine you have his humour. His laugh and his chin.My heart shaped face and the colour of my skin. I imagine you have my tendency to be coy.Your da...

Lament of a great man

He was to me a man of many talents always as I grew

This is for my grandpa the greatest man I ever knew He was to me a man of many talents always as I grew He was not a man of large stature or even very tall The word willowy or sinewy describe him after all He was a man to all who ever knew A hard worker h...

She is only 20 years old

A little poem about me...

She is only 20 years old. And she has gone through the worst pain in the world. She got pregnant after a one-night-stand.  People whisper behind her back Calling her a slut. Everyone thinks it best to abort the baby But she doesn't. The father of the baby...

A Precious One

A daughter's love to her dad

God gave someone you and he gave me to you, a precious gift, In your arms I was placed from the moment I was born, Too young to know and to understand, yet in your arms I felt I belonged, From the very first day, you nurtured and cared.  You never wandere...

To have loved and lost...

This was written two years ago, when I was in a very dark place...

I am broken. But that's okay, I got over it a long time ago. Some times I even wonder if I was born this way, and then I remember, I wasn't fully smashed to pieces until about a year ago. But it's getting better and I'm moving on. Only there's a big dark...

Words

Relationship questions

Words.. so hard to say? if you don't use them.. do they go away? Never said and left in doubt.. is this what love is all about? The head and heart must always guess.. am I deaf? more or less.. The silence rings inside my head.. nothing said.. is the heart...