I haven’t heard from you in quite a while
Makes me wonder if you’re still alive
Or is your absence - this silence
Your way of saying goodbye
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The title Transient is so appropriate for this poem Sonya. It's hard waiting and I can remember what it is like not knowing. You have expressed it very well in your poem and you do deserve to know where the relationship is going. 10 Karin Anderson
This simply expressed, reflective poem takes me back to adolescent days of bakelite telephones with heavy handpieces and coiled cords - which refused to ring.... Beautiful. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
It's better to know than not know, even though goodbye is a hard word to say, A touching write Sonya 10 Lynda xx
Keeping absent in words is no way of saying good bye...good poem Sonya...well formatted well expressive words...thanks...10
The feeling is universal. We have all been there and done that. Very poignant. You just want closure. Excellent write. More than worthy of a ten. Love, Sandra
An almost flippant enquiry but with an undercurrent of sadness...........................
I wasn't sure if this poem was about a romantic relationship or a regular friendship. But the feeling is the same; with maybe some notable degrees of difference in intensity, of course.