Nightmare of Letting Go
(In response to the Mary Oliver quote below)
Shadows will linger where your laughter used to thrive,
Night’s edges have begun to sharpen with the ache of impending absence.
I will reach for you and grasp only emptiness;
Our space, so much colder, will have betrayed my trembling hope.
Memories will continue to unravel, silent as falling snow,
And I will be stranded in the nightmare of letting go.
Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by wonderment at the natural environment, vivid imagery, and unadorned language. In 2007, she was declared the best-selling poet in the United States.
Holding on for dear life!
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