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Goodbye
I try to hear you but
I can no longer listen
my thoughts are askew
my mind is amiss
I stare but cannot see you
I reach out but cannot feel you
I breathe you in but cannot smell
We are together
yet so alone
wasting away
in each others presence
waiting
to say
goodbye
©2021 CBialczak Poetry
Stine Writing 
Love this 😀
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Beautiful!
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Ahhh this is so sad
Good Sunday
Much❤love
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Heartbreaking!!
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This captures withdrawal (from a person/situation) really well.
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A beautiful poem that so powerfully describes many a failed relationship. So glad you joined us at the Muse Christine!
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the sadness of good-bye…
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Color me blue …. the most mournful shade of blue. I enjoyed your poem ….
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Thank you Helen!
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Such poignancy!
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…but we never will, because we are perfectly suited in our decline. Really liked what you did here Christine. Pardon my presumption in adding my two cents… 🙂
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All too many marriages end like this, sad to say. Great write.
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Thank you Beverly!
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“wasting away / in each others presence” – so true!
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The void is so palpable! Beautifully put.
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Thank you
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This is beautiful, and painful. I can feel it.
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Thank you Susie!
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‘we are together/yet so alone’ – poignancy of a doomed relationship expressed so well in your beautiful poem.
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Thank you!
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