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by Chanti Niven → (All Poetry by Chanti Niven)
Saturday, October 2, 2021    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Your breath stopped

Tears flowed

It's so hard to understand 

Harder to let go.

Six days since we last spoke

When you said you were at peace 

Even joked.

We planned a "last supper",

Shared so many thoughts,

Then I said, "I love you!"

You replied with a heart

As mine broke.

Your concerns were on those 

You'd leave behind.

The woman you loved,

Your brother,

Family, friends.

The cats need good homes.

But all I could think about

Through an avalanche of sighs.

Was how much I was going to miss you

And how damn much I hate goodbyes 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Close"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 3, 2021
Another way of putting it, would be Close, But No Cigar. I've also heard that the only place that "close" counts is in horseshoes.

Done in clearly understandable language. I appreciate that.

Ron

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on October 3, 2021
Beautiful. I don't know how you could have said it better, Chanti.
Ed

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on October 2, 2021
So good to read one of your poems again,especially one that hits so close to the heart of all of us who have lost someone special in our lifes...well done Chanti.
Fee


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