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lil  ·  3644 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Essential Tremor by Elizabeth Metzger

The sadness of finding out that

    you are no longer the beloved.

is the most empty, helpless, and hollow of sadnesses. It's not a place one wants to visit, but writing poetry in that state of pain can deliver some haunting metaphors:

    the broken heart rolls three blank dice