A Nanosecond

It’s Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub! This time our writing prompt is some form of the word crack.

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Almost never

a sliver of sunlight cracks through

the brick-like layer of eternal gloom.

For a nanosecond, I convince myself that

you are at work

or the hardware store.

The accident never happened;

It was all a mistake

and you’ll be home

any minute.

 

(for Delfina O.)

 

32 responses to “A Nanosecond”

  1. Gah. This tore my heart out. So well done.

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    1. Thank you, whimzy.

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  2. Glenn A. Buttkus Avatar
    Glenn A. Buttkus

    Grief is a tale well penned here; a lot of emotion packed in but a handful of words. Fact or fiction, it soars like a gull.

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    1. Thank you so much, Glenn! :-)

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  3. Wow. Such much heartache packed into this. Real or not, it packs a punch.

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    1. Much appreciated, kanzen sakura.

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  4. Rob Kistner Avatar
    Rob Kistner

    Oh Susan, that sent a deep shiver of sadness through me. So very touching.

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  5. gillena cox Avatar
    gillena cox

    Tiny tale, but not to small to cause a tear to fall. Happy Monday.

    Muchโœlovr

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    1. Thank you, gillena.

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  6. Heartbreaking. Well constructed!

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  7. Deeply saddened by the realization of life or death & the unknown. Nicely written!

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    1. Thanks so much, Lisa!

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  8. This stings and bites to the core. That gloom can be devastating.

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    1. Thank you, Grace! Much appreciated.

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  9. May the sunlight make it through the gloom.

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  10. oh dear. oh dear. i have no words. T_T

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    1. Sometimes words are hard to find in such a situation. Thank you!

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  11. Even if we don’t know what happened the grief is still so clear.

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    1. Thank you, Bjorn. That’s what I was aiming for. :-)

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  12. A powerful glimpse through a crack in grief.

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  13. Beverly Crawford Avatar
    Beverly Crawford

    Heartbreak in 44 words. Your words touched my heart.

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    1. Thank you, Beverly. Much appreciated!

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  14. Such heartbreak in so few words.

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  15. It’s a dangerous place to go, but go we must on the path of letting go…

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    1. Letting go is so difficult. And like you said, dangerous too.

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  16. Loss is a powerful darkness and it’s hard to have hope for the light again. You’ve captured that feeling so well in this poem.

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    1. Thank you Mish! Much appreciated. :-)

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  17. You have painted a picture of heartbreak.

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    1. Heartbreak in all flavors seems to be my forte, I’m afraid. Thank you for stopping by!

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