Ellipses of the Heart...

Looking forward to your poetry H! <3

This is a great start to NaPo! The theme of loss of childhood innocence is very powerful and relatable.

The seeds drifted away,
like the emotions we once held tightly—
our dreams and untouched hope.
We never doubted those seeds
would land somewhere and bloom again.

I especially liked this stanza.

In the rush of everyday life,
memory plays its quiet tricks.

Just when we’re most present,
life reaches back and hands us a memory.

You sit in the same corner of that restaurant -
the crowd has changed,
but their absence fills the air

A film flickers across the screen,
but your eyes search for the one
who once watched it with you.

You walk the same road.
It’s changed -
but somehow, the feeling hasn't.

Fully caught in the now,
we stumble into the past-
led by a scent, a sound, a place.

So sudden, so delicate, and then - gone.
Bursting like a bubble moment -
you are brought back to reality
There’s no control,
just the pause...
the breath,
and the weight of continuing...

Soothing and aching at the same time.

Everytime I try to write you out of me
the ink always fades, the page curls
and the ending slips away from my hands.
Maybe silence was your final word,
and I just never learned how to hear it.

Spoiler

Thank you so much @Quillfeather