I Can't Walk (Without My Legs)

by IdTakeABulletForYou   Sep 8, 2016


It's hard to swallow, truth is.
It must be a defect.
I've thumbed this page a million times
but haven't flipped it yet.
A flaw in my persona drives my ignorance to reign.
I see it clear, now that you're gone:
All that is left is pain.

My hand to hold is now so cold and buried six feet deep.
I always had that hand to hold, it was my hand to keep.
Our matching rings mementos of the love and trust we were parts of.
One day you have the world, and more;
the next, you taste defeat.

With many years and wide-stretched smiles,
endless hopes and countless miles,
all I thought eternity would be
was us growing old peacefully.
I now define eternity to be
a constant state of misery
-- like learning how to walk again
when you, dear, were my legs.

Nobody ever told me how I'd feel when you were gone.
I know I should have prepared for this moment all along.
I didn't even think to think the pain would hurt so much, like this.
My muse in life-- my legs, my love--
forever gone in the abyss.

IdTakeABulletForYou

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  • 7 years ago

    by Mayday

    Heartbreaking!! </3 I can't even imagine...
    This is quite a lovely eulogy-like-poem, I think you worded it beautiful. So so sad ):

    5/5

  • 7 years ago

    by Em

    Stephen this is such a sad piece and I can feel the emotion running through it like blood through the body.
    It's so sad when you think you have forever with somebody and it gets taken away.
    All the best, Em

  • 7 years ago

    by Brenda

    Stephen, excellent! I have missed your work-I love the imagery you wove with this. Well done-I hope all is well with you-

  • 7 years ago

    by deeplydesturbed

    Excellent, excellent! I miss your writing!! :
    Well done S on a stunning piece..