What Remains?





What Remains?

estefaaano_writes 


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Give me a minute.

Just one will do.

I say goodbye to the gossamer skies.

The city moves out of frame.

You remain.


Give me a minute.

Kiss me again.

Cloudy blue skies are gone now.

I would trade everything.

The pain stays.


Maybe it is time to forget.

Maybe it is time for blame.

No one is at fault.

We are just late.


I give you a minute.

You have peace.

I say farewell.

You do the same.

I am what remains.


Pray, grant me but a moment's pause,

A single minute shall suffice;

I bid adieu to heaven's gauze,

While urban vistas shift from view,

'Tis you alone who doth remain.


A moment more I do implore, 

Bestow upon me one last kiss;

The azure skies, now veiled and dim,

I would relinquish all my name

To ease this most persistent pain.


Perhaps 'tis wisdom to forget,

To cast aspersions on your name,

Or fix the blame where it may fall;

Yet fault lies not with either soul,

We were but merely tardy in our aims.


I grant you now your minute's peace,

A farewell bid to what, I cannot tell;

I fancy you shall do the same,

And I, perchance, am what remains.

Comments

  1. Anonymous5/01/2025

    Omg, the brevity of this poem!!! Sobrang impactful.
    This is so reveting ❤️

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  2. Anonymous5/01/2025

    "You remain" – that lingering presence is so powerful, even in its simplicity.

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  3. can_not5/01/2025

    The shift in language in the middle feels like a formal closing of a chapter.

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  4. Anonymous5/01/2025

    The silence in this poem is almost deafening.

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  5. Sometimes goodbyes are just that simple, aren't they? A moment, a farewell, and then you're left picking up the pieces.

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    1. Anonymous5/01/2025

      blunt

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    2. dandelion5/01/2025

      Goodbye. Farewell. Simple, but says it all.

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  6. peaches5/01/2025

    A single minute to say goodbye to the gossamer skies?
    It sounds like a final, poignant farewell to something truly beautiful.

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  7. I think the power in the simplicity of this poem is just so breathtaking.
    estefaaano_writes convey such deep emotion with precise and concise language.

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