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Ludden Mar 29
Somethings need no explanation
You see a word
You know it's spelt wrong
A letter out of place
You just know it

You may know nothing about music
Until a wrong chord is struck
One bad note
And no one has to tell you
You just know it

I came to know you
Beyond the person people see
There was nothing out of place
No wrong chord in my heart
The perfect imperfections
A true mountain leveled to a molehill
There were no words to explain
I just knew it
I really wish she could see this one...
Ludden Mar 28
Turned away
Unable to withdraw
Turned towards
Unable to get close
Invisible forces in action
Unable to resist
Despite desperate intentions
Always unable
To resist your magnetism
Ludden Mar 23
The unknown fate of the caterpillar
Will it be butterfly or moth
Beauty or disgust
The caterpillar doesn't know
While it spins its cocoon
And begins its compulsory service
Waiting and waiting
To see what it becomes
At last the moment...
My bitterness emerges
Ludden Mar 21
The plastic bottle on the path
Begging to be picked up
Countless thousands ignore it
Leaving it for the next
To come along

Suddenly it's not ignored
A foot reaches out and kicks it
Surely this must be the moment
But then another kick
And then another,
The bottle is along for the ride

The path now ending
The daylight fading
The endless kicking seems to slow
But then a voice rings out
"I'll pick that up tomorrow"
This was written less from raw emotion and more from momentum.  The question of "what next" and the realization that the decision was not going to be forthcoming any time soon...
Ludden Mar 21
The final goodbye
Its not a surprise
I pushed so hard
Saw it happening
Couldn't stop it
Loathed myself for it

The final goodbye
I thought would hurt more
But it feels self inflicted
Which took the sting
I already felt empty
Now it feels complete

The final goodbye
They say it's sweet sorrow
Why did I make it bitter
And the worst part is knowing
If I wound up back there
I couldn't help it a second time

-  Ludden Soss
This past week has been the crescendo to one of the worst two month stretches I've ever experienced.  Tragic loss, a relationship sliding away, health issues, and then the final gut punch of that relationship ending with a thud.  I hope this poem that I wrote tonight after the final nail was put in the coffin will be the closure we all look for when great things end.
Ludden Mar 21
Just keep digging
Keeping busy
Going deeper
Until the memories fade away

Just keep digging
Deeper still
Lower and lower
Convinced you can run away

Just keep digging
Until you find
The sudden truth
Her face will never go away
Ludden Mar 21
The wound is fresh
The pain so raw
Seems like it will never heal
As I cling to the thought
Of what might have been

As healing starts
Panic replaces pain
Scrambling to pick the scab
To feel the blood flow
The wound is fresh again

It keeps trying to heal
But I'm afraid to forget
To let go of the hurt
I need it be raw
The wound begins to scar

Time heals all wounds
I hear thats what they say
Why can't I let time
Heal what's wrong with me
The wound is all I have left of you
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