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three days grace

It haunts me,
that I never got
to see your eyes

I remember my hand
on your chest,
(a memories
strangeness that
never wanes and
the reverence, for
me, never dims)

watching your body
as a gentle lift,
in each breathe
clasped hands
to sleep, holding
onto moments

soft cries of dreams
penetrated a veil,
separating you
from the future

for three days you
dwelt among us,
gifting us presence

of your grace
we made treasures
of minutes,
in Milli seconds

for a thousand years
my spirit will mourn

and every eve
I look to the night,
as each sparkling
light reminds me
of you

still, it haunts me
I never felt
your gaze

so, in my skies,

I paint a star
next to another
pretending they light
your eyes

and on the face
of the moon
I am sketching,
my effigy of grief

— Seren, Mar 27, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

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CyberSpace

16 years 2 months ago

I am speechless beautiful

I am speechless beautiful tribute love hubby xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
judyanne

judyanne

16 years 2 months ago

oh my aussie mate. well done JC

such a step to write it for us. and so beautifully with such grace. my heart is in my throat still. i have some suggestions, but they can wait until you're ready. i love you ((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))) judd xxxxxxxxx
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Where there is Love there is

Where there is Love there is Life. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Love, Mummy Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar
F

Flowi

16 years 2 months ago

This poem really touched me.

This poem really touched me. My family experienced a similar tragedy. Great poem.
Z

ziggy

16 years 2 months ago

hi

sadly brilliant , nicely woven jayne,,,,,,zigy
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Its been eighteen years and

Its been eighteen years and the pain never lessens ... thank you all for reading and sharing, this was an incredibly hard write for me and I wont be visiting it again ... not for a while ... I cant thank you all enough much love Jayne-Chloe x x
loved

loved

16 years 2 months ago

wonderful

what lovely words for an immortal tribute its just wonderful loved
M

magics02

16 years 2 months ago

Just like you JC touch our hearts

Just wonderful again Seren, I can even hear you singing this as a song and looking to the moon and the light of the eyes. This is one of the best I read from you and I just loved it, had to say so aussie gal. Hugs Mona xoxo Oh by the way Congrats in Order for you gal!!! on the AEC now is this your first time? I know you will be a hit and I am happy for you. Good Luck Learn to live, learn to forgive. Life is too short.
M

Mariposa

16 years 2 months ago

I am sad for you

and I'm sad for me, thinking of my father who has been dead for almsot six years now, and whose eyse I never saw one last time. It never stops hurting, does it? I loved the last two stanzas, about painting stars in the sky, and sketching an effigy on the moon: you have such a unique imagination. Love and Hugs, Jhena PS What is AEC?
L

lyz

16 years 2 months ago

Finally

Great tribute and I know u know I understand. And as mums go, you are wonderful. Kiss, Kiss, Hug, Hug. X
loved

loved

16 years 2 months ago

wonderful

just wonderful , what emotions expressed in a lively moving manner as always a natural gift of divine perhaps and u alone know it loves boa
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Thanks again to all that

Thanks again to all that have read and commented I appreciate it ... love and hugs JayCee x x x
P

pamela

16 years 2 months ago

it never gets easier

Dear S., There really are no words. Love and support to you and yours. A beautiful verse. P.
sunscreen

sunscreen

16 years 2 months ago

Hahahahaha when I saw the

Hahahahaha when I saw the title, it reminded me of the band. I love this poem, every poem you post is my favorite. Keep on writing. :)
S

Skybones777

16 years 2 months ago

keep up the good work.. .i

keep up the good work.. .i like this part best "I paint a star next to another pretending they light your eyes" PeAce...LatEr8^)
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Alex and Bones thanks for

Alex and Bones thanks for your comments on this one it was a difficult write I appreciate the visit love Jayne-Chloe
R

Roseshade

16 years 2 months ago

Nice Work

Impressive very impressive, it cuts right to me. Very nice work.
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 2 months ago

Late to this Jayne...

I guess in the sea of all your poems ,you write and post and reply and let go. I am sorry to drag you back here again but I found this an incredibly powerful write.The concept of the eyes of mirrors of the soul ( and I do believe that)never really saying goodbye because that contact is never made brings awareness of the preciousness of looking really looking at our children and our families. Stars as living crystal eyes is a nice way of remembering... Hugs and thanks for being brave enough to share Seabhac
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Roseshade thank you for

Dear Roseshade thank you for you kind comment ... I do appreciate it Liz I wrote this as a beginning to letting go, when I can face this page for longer than a couple of minutes I will be on the road to letting go then ... but I can never completely let go thats something I came to terms with a long time ago ... I found an acceptance in my grief now if I can face it maybe I will be able to really let it all out I have so much thats unsaid yet .. thanks for your comments everyone I know most understand why this topics a hard one for me love Jayne-Chloe
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 2 months ago

What grief what solace stars.

Ann of Norway Your innocence in this poem is made great in the manner you weave these thoughts Jayne, you catch our eye and we stay still there, beside you as you speak, we experience this happening, the passing of life into an other...an other what, why not the stars, they are there millions of miles away they too are memories of light, reaching us from far, far away, a fitting parallel to our experience of death. What wisdom comes to us when close one's die, there is an intensity of understanding and yet not, in the air, a vibrating string without the bow, its reverberations echoing through time, etched as on the surface of the moon, reflected into our deepest caverns of the seat of love where, throned it rests forever in the memory. Transported yet again by your eloquence dearest Jayne.
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Ann

Thanks for the visit to this one ... it took eighteen years to write (huggles) much much love JayCee x x x x
doorman

doorman

16 years 2 months ago

To me, it reads like a

To me, it reads like a profound loss without equivalent cost. The two last stanzas told me me so, correct me if wrong. Yours, Espen.
Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Espen

You are correct it was profound loss and its equivalent just doesnt exsist for me ... I find it hard even facing this page ... my friends, for months have urged me to write it and I finally I did ... one day I would like to write one that I cant read without falling to pieces thanks for the comment much appreciated Love JayCee x