absence finds me in
absence finds me in
the likeliest of places –
in the shower this
morning, when i
flip the soap over
so that the
lettering is on
top, there will
be no one to
flip it back
.
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This is so poignant and beautifully written. Do you speak for the lonely or for yourself? This definitely speaks of a heart laid bare, in which is usually found the most beautiful of writing. If this is you, I hope you are healing.
Absence or abstinence? Well written and you feminine powers draw me in, but I need a bit of clarification please. ;
thank you both for your thoughts and kind words.
I hope that, in the midst of what sounds like loneliness, you are able to find freedom, power, and solace. Whatever thoughts and feelings evoked this poem, it is poignant and potent. Be blessed.
thank you for your blessings!
Beautifully written
thank you so much – glad you liked it!
It’s impossible t
To be lonely with the Internet.
although studies are showing that the internet could make people feel lonelier, more isolated… http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/
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I love your use of the shower. It truly is an intimate space shared only by yourself and a chosen partner.
quite true! thank you!
I love this, because it shows how, when you lose someone or someone leaves you, its hard to grasp until something so little, so simple as being the only one to now use your shower, makes you realize that you are now alone. This is beautiful.
that’s a lovely way to put it! thank you!
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There can be an elegance in being alone as you’ve so beautifully described.
thank you, Carolin!
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Such depth – of longing, touching on the wistful, hinting at despair perhaps? Immensely touching and very well written.
thank you, Charles!
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A truly inspiring and emotion provoking artist. Evocative.
thank you for the shout-out!
My absolute pleasure, i thoroughly enjoy your work. 🙂
(smile)
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beautifully written
i appreciate your visit!
Love the symbolism demonstrated by flipping the lettering. Even the shower becomes mundane in the absence of our own self and that of another. Loved it.
thank you so much for your thoughts!
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poignancy at its peak. great work.
awww, super sweet of you!
Lovely and deeply touching
thank you, Himali!
There can be little elegance in loneliness too! You have said that so beautifully with the help of poem. Beautiful
thank you, Stars Of Life!
beautiful
thank you for your visit and compliment!
So random and simple, and yet so profound. Love it.
glad you think so – thank you!
So beautifully written and it flows so easily, too! :3
thank you – i’m glad it works!
Simple and sweet! It’s takes that to be a winner.
thank you, Alka!
Only recently I started checking Freshly Pressed posts. I realize that even if I write with all my heart, I’ll never be on Freshly Pressed. But it doesn’t matter to me. With only around 200 followers, most of my posts are well liked. Only this matters. That’s like being my own ‘Happiness Engineer’
hmm… everyone once had only around 200 followers. the only path is up! (smile)
Well I think u are pretty lucky to have them…hu…mere to ab Bhi zero hai but I still hope for my best for me and my self poems and thoughts…left on fate but I won’t loose myself
Salam
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you fream it very beautiful. nice
thank you so much – i’m glad you think so!
love it! simple yet brilliant
thank you, Sassy Pen!
Beautiful 🙂
thank you, WeavaBird!
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A beautiful Poem
It is amazing how so many emotions are contained in so less words. Beautifully written ! Kudos!
that is a sweet compliment, Annie. thank you so much!! please subscribe for daily doses, if you’d like! cheers, y
Lovely!
thank you, Adriana!
🙂
thank you, Armand!
piece written beautifully with in-depth emotions. Amazing work 🙂
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Short and simple but full of emotions and meanings.
i appreciate that!
In all honesty; I don’t get it.
(smile) that’s okay.
Very moving. Brilliant, simple yet very poignant.
thank you so much!
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Nice… Lovely writing
thank you, Mas!
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Reblogged this on Thando's Blog and commented:
This here is a demonstration of brief yet very powerful use of word for expression. The use of the shower (a space shared by only yourself – symbol of loneliness) and the soap (the small object triggering lone thoughts) is truly remarkable, beautiful!
Poet: y
thank you for the shout-out and kind words!
😉
To be lonely with the Internet.
(smile)
plg like me and follow
I think its the way you explain such a small detail in your every day life, that truly reflects what its like to be lonely. Loneliness isn’t made up of big imposing situations, instead it is all the little things combined. Beautiful 🙂
thank you for your compliment and thoughts!
how so deep
(smile)
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Beautiful, y. 😎
thank you so much, Kreng Jai!
I like the use of lowercase. It helps personify the passiveness.
glad that it works, Jocelyn! thank you for dropping by.
Hi Yi-ching! I love this poem. I help run a collection on Medium.com called Human Parts (http://medium.com/human-parts) and I’d love to share it with our readers. Would you be interested in that? If so, email me (hsockel@gmail.com) and let me know! I’d just need a short bio and I’d link back to your blog.
Best,
Harris
what a cool idea. feel free to repost and link me! thank you!
Simply amazing
aww.. so sweet!
but also, they way you put or place things (like the soap) will stay they way you want them to be, with no one else to change what YOU like about your environment. It’s the realization that you are the instigator of change in your life, and are totally in charge.
that’s another perspective! thank you for sharing!
Beautiful…haunting..
thank you for visiting. please feel free to subscribe for daily doses!
Y
you have to invite someone
to flip the soap,
and maybe they will set it on it’s side
and wait for you
to flip to the other side.
ha! love it!
Beautifully written, and wonderfully poignant.
thank you, Nicholas, for the kind thoughts!
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Reblogged this on Mỹ Phương and commented:
It took me a good read to understand this.
i’m glad you reached an understanding! thank you for the time!
love it!
thank you, Alecia!
Lovely
thank you so much, Jen!
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Nicee
I am all too familiar with the absence you speak of. Beautifully written. Thank you.
thank you, and i hope things get easier.
I wish the same for you.
I cannot describe how this post made me feel. I felt connected, yet I felt how my loneliness also reverberates around me. I love how instead of writing something long and rambley, you were straight to the point. You said exactly how you feel in a puzzling way that makes so much sense. I just love it. I hope your loneliness is satisfied soon.
-Ms. Understood
i like that: “in a puzzling way…” that sounds interesting. thank you.
You should check out my latest post. We might have some things in common.
Beautifully written. And touching https://roman853.wordpress.com
thank you, Roman!
Well expressed. Nice to see you on freshly pressed, y. It’s been a while since I’ve flipped through your little poetic doses (: And this one is a fave I’ll remember– especially the next few times I use a bar of soap! (:
ha! thank you, Lila!
Hi Beautiful! Don’t be lonely! We are all here to share, learn and grow with each other! And have tons of fun!
Hi! I am just waking up in this life! I want to connect with you! I want to learn about you! I want to create cool and exciting things with you! I want tons of money! I want to travel! I want lots of toys! I want to be a good and nice person! I want to be a good Buddhist and stop wanting to stop wanting things! I want to help the Earth be pure again! I want to live in excitement every single moment! I want the BOOM BOOM CLASH LIFE. I want to be a model! I want to be an actor! I want to have a million views on my wordpress site! I want to meet superheros! I want to ride a zipline from the top of Mt. Everest! Sooooo! Come say hi! Check out my site! YAAAAY:):):)
thank you for the exuberance!
wonderfully simple 🙂
oh, good! thank you, Lionel!
Brilliant use of words wow :O
thank you, Riya!
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Lovely words written.
thank you for visiting and for your compliment!
Reblogged this on Jewett's and commented:
One of those I should’ve wrote ….
(smile)
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how I feel these days…
aww…
Please follow my web n share help my
thank you for sharing!
so beautiful<3
thank you, Nakshi!
Beautiful and touching.
Both intimate and familiar.
My heart goes out to you, wherever you are, truly.
thank you, Raven!
It’s sad but I know the feeling. What I do is try and make jokes about it. I know someday it will change
thank you, Sabina!
That this was Freshly Pressed is an embarassment. There is more poetry written on the bar of soap than in this tripe.
thank you, K.A.!
Beautiful. Well written!!
thank you for the compliment!
Loved it.
thank you so much!
Very touching
thank you!!
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Words were few but narrated a huge story full of various emotions.. beautifully written, left an impact on me & left me thinking..
i’m glad that it worked! thank you!
I understand your feelings of loneliness.. I onced drawed myself to the exact same situation, crying and mourning seem endless. But you will get back on track, stronger than ever 🙂 best regards -Pearlie- (your Pink Pearl cube one is so lovely.)
thank you, Pearlieng!
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It’s so direct. I can FEEL the absence described here! wow!
wow, indeed! thank you!
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I absolutely love your posts! So simple but they honestly make you just stop and think, I love it
thank you so much, Suzanne!
So poignantly beautiful! Congratulations on the FP. Take care 🙂
thank you, Madhu!
i love this! I’m sure everyone can relate to this, well those who are alone anyway
thank you, Sanity Fairy (smile).
So simple… yet so truthful! Wow!
thank you, Charlize!
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Reblogged this on nailsglueandscrews and commented:
Absence finds me in many likely places, but somehow I seem to feel covered…. StephanieK
love it
thank you!!
Good stuff, Lin. I liked it.
thank you, Mat!
YW Lin..! Hope you could swing by my blog page too.. Love to hear your thoughts 🙂 Cheers..!
i agree with your “three things you can’t recover…” how true!
Yep.. But sometimes I always fall into the same predicament. LOL.
btw, thanks for writing back and also for your follow. Cheers..!
Abstract and beautifully written. I can visualize and completely relate to this poem. Well written and look forward to see more! 🙂
thank you – i appreciate the read and compliment!
Of course, thank YOU!
Poignant!👏🔺
thank you!
Reblogged this on Sweet.Love.Bites and commented:
::BOOM:: you’ve been deepened in thought.. Just like that!
Hi,
wrote my first blog
https://sapnayadavblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/seasons-thats-what-life-is/
do check it out.
will appreciate your valuable comments.
thank you for sharing – it takes commitment to go through all “the motions” per season…
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Beautiful! 🙂
thank you, Mekhala!
This is a lovely piece! Lovely imagery.
i appreciate the read!!
This is so beautiful and so personal that it makes my heart hurt with just one sentence!
thank you, Amey!
THUMBS UP!
thank you!
Ur Welcome 🙂 Keep Creative
Reblogged this on V. W. RUSTIQUE DESIGN and commented:
Lonely or alone?
Reblogged this on Bryce Cornatzer and commented:
“absence finds me” is one of the most effective short poems written, rich in space and conveying the immediacy and fullness of absence.