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Nov 19, 2025
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You Mattered
“I’m not ready to be okay yet”
Because being okay
Feels like forgetting
Like betrayal
Like I never loved you
It feels like grief is the only language
Where I can still say your name
Without asking me
To lighten the weight
I want to cry
When I hear your song…
It’s proof that you mattered.
About This Poem
Last Few Words: Probably a work in progress... For now, I just need to sit with this. Here for gentle feedback.
Style/Type: Free verse
Review Request Intensity: Please use care (this is a sensitive subject for me, do not critique harshly)
Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft
Comments
Candlewitch
5 months ago
Dear Skies,
This one really resonated... I loved the reverence of it. The language usage is great. it feels like a whisper, not daring to breathe... If you change anything, do not touch the things I have mentioned, please.
fondly, Cat
BlueSkies
5 months ago
Candlewitch,
Thank you for reading and for the gentle feedback. I'm sorry this resonated... I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Warmly,
Skies
Lavender
5 months ago
You Mattered
Hello, Skies,
Having gone through much of the same thoughts before, I can relate. I finally found that being okay was not a betrayal at all, but a continuation of what truly matters - the beautiful effect my loved one made on my life.
A brief, but embracing poem.
Thank you,
L
BlueSkies
5 months ago
Lavender,
Thank you for sharing what it feels like on the other side. I love your interpretation of it. Maybe next, I'll venture into the impact they made on my life and try to mend this broken heart along the way.
Warmly,
Skies