The Tickling And The Tears

poem by: Stacey Handler
Written on Mar 14, 2018 

The mere wiggle of my fingers
The stroke of a feather
And it all begins.

First there’s the tickling
Then there’s the tears
the ship leaving my emotional ocean
you leaving me empty, 
feather still in my hand.

Connection of joy
Laughter, squirming flesh
Togetherness briefly
Pain wickedly lingering. 

Tickling stains the moment
Tears stain my cheeks
Your exiting footsteps quickening their pace
My heart slowly sinking.

As the tickling ends
Your coldness begins
A faucet abruptly turned off
A story with pages torn out.

Echoing laughter remains, 
I wipe away my tear stains 
As you vanish into the dust.




2018 Stacey Handler

 

Tags: Sad, Love, Pain,

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Epolfi Ticance commented on Jan 08, 2020 at 6:02am
very powerful poem. Thanks for sharing

 

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