Until | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Until

Until

April 24, 2010
By forgottenpenname GOLD, Troy, Michigan
More by this author
forgottenpenname GOLD, Troy, Michigan
12 articles 0 photos 147 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Carpe diem."

View profile

You say that you understand,
But I just don't see how
That's possible

You tell me that
You've lost a pet,
Your best friend moved away,
You saw a sad movie

But is that really the same?
I mean, really?
Is it?

How could it ever be
The same?

Did you ever discuss life
With that pet?
Did it ever tell you about
It's childhood?
Were there ever any questions
You didn't even think to ask until
It was gone?

Did that best friend ever hold you
While you cried?
Make you dinner,
And show you how beautiful the world is?
Did you not realize how gorgeous
This place really is until
It was dull in your friend's absence?
Did you have the sudden realization,
That you'll never be able to talk with that friend
Ever again?

Did that movie ever go to your
Dance recitals and plays?
Was it there at the school talent show,
And when you were confirmed,
And did it plant beautiful gardens,
Everywhere it went?
Did you not realize how much it had
Changed your life,
Like truly no one else could,
Until she was gone?

Until she was gone.

© Daniel H., Durham, NC

The author's comments:
This is about my great grandmother. She passed away about a month ago and I miss her SO. MUCH.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
The Protectors' of the World
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
Motley Crue: I really hear you
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

View profile
Poetry
The Unraveling Scarf
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Joys of Life
By Daniel Seeley Hicks-Neal BRONZE
Westville, New Jersey
Daniel Seeley Hicks-Neal BRONZE, Westville, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Do It Now!
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s never to late, if it weren&#039;t for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 14 comments.

forgottenpenname GOLD said...
on Jul. 27 2010 at 4:45 pm
forgottenpenname GOLD, Troy, Michigan
12 articles 0 photos 147 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Carpe diem.&quot;

View profile
Thank you for all the wonderful comments! They mean a TON to me. : )
forgottenpenname GOLD said...
on Jun. 27 2010 at 5:19 pm
forgottenpenname GOLD, Troy, Michigan
12 articles 0 photos 147 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Carpe diem.&quot;

View profile
No, that wasn't about you, don't worry. That was about someone else who was going on and on about how their dead pet was more important than my great grandma... it really bothered me.
Everhart said...
on Jun. 22 2010 at 7:36 am
Everhart, Boston, Massachusetts
0 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am a fat girl, trapped in a normal girl&#039;s body.&quot;

View profile
A really good poem. I love it. (Am I right in thinking that you're talking about ME in the first part? Because I did say I understood and could relate in a teeny tiny way by all those things... Whatever.)
ShenelleCrystal SILVER said...
on Jun. 17 2010 at 8:19 pm
ShenelleCrystal SILVER, M, New York
7 articles 0 photos 186 comments

Favorite Quote:
Laugh your heart out dance in the rain cherish the memories ignore the pain love + learn forget and forgive because remember you only have [one life to live] &hearts;

View profile
Thats so sad :( But it was soooo good ! Don't stop writing your so good :) Come check out my poems , thank youu :)
ShadesOfPale SILVER said...
on Jun. 17 2010 at 9:19 am
ShadesOfPale SILVER, Williamsburg, Kentucky
6 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t go a day being with someone that you CAN live without.

View profile
My best friend died years ago, and I still miss her very much...This poem made me feel very much, because of that...Much appreciated :) great job!
RFrocker23 PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 17 2010 at 12:23 am
RFrocker23 PLATINUM, Ballwin, Missouri
22 articles 1 photo 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over, smile because it happened.&quot;

View profile
I thought this was great. Really deep. It was very relatable and I really liked that about it.
inksplatters21 SILVER said...
on Jun. 16 2010 at 5:14 pm
inksplatters21 SILVER, Mason, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Character is how you live when no one is watching.&quot;

View profile
You wrote this in a way that makes it easy for people to relate to.  i'm sorry about your grandmother (if that part was real)
thezebrasgray PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 16 2010 at 11:36 am
thezebrasgray PLATINUM, Taylorsville, Utah
46 articles 0 photos 231 comments
View profile
amazing! it's 99% perfect!
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD said...
on Jun. 16 2010 at 8:35 am
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD, Kansas City, Missouri
14 articles 0 photos 498 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin<br /> <br /> \&quot;If columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him. No one would have remembered him either.\&quot; <br /> <br /> \&quot;If music be the food of love, play on.\&quot;

View profile
this poem is amazing!!! just wonderful!!! i'm so sorry about your grandmother but she'll always be in your heart and she would be so proud of you for writing this!!! please check out some of my work when you get the chance
TheSummoningFreak PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 15 2010 at 4:34 pm
TheSummoningFreak PLATINUM, Lugoff, South Carolina
41 articles 0 photos 122 comments

Favorite Quote:
if you can never let yourself fall you&#039;ll never know what it&#039;s like to love

View profile
 i loved this piece so much. so sad and i just loved it
brittanyelsie GOLD said...
on Jun. 15 2010 at 2:59 pm
brittanyelsie GOLD, Highland, Indiana
10 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Around here, however, we don&rsquo;t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things&hellip; and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.&rdquo;<br /> &ndash;Walt Disney

View profile
this is so beautiful, i want to cry! i can feel the emotion in this. this is absolutely magnificent!
beyond_love_x SILVER said...
on Jun. 14 2010 at 10:47 pm
beyond_love_x SILVER, Spring City, Pennsylvania
9 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.&quot;

View profile
This is truly beautiful. You can tell a lot went into this, a lot of emotions are apparent throughout-- really well done.
Daydreamer14 PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 14 2010 at 6:42 pm
Daydreamer14 PLATINUM, Norman, Oklahoma
40 articles 3 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.&quot; - John Lennon

View profile
Beautiful poem.
littlebrownpet PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 3 2010 at 1:02 am
littlebrownpet PLATINUM, Pune, Other
21 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

View profile

Wonderful poem! Since this poem is in past tense, i think you should make these lines in past tense as well, "make you dinner, and show you how beautiful the world is?" 

just a suggestion :)