can love be resurrected?

am i surprised

or is this pain to be expected

when love from the past

becomes resurrected?

– B

October 2, 2024 at 1:40 PM

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About This Poem: ​The poem "can love be resurrected?" by Bryce Eldridge contemplates the emotional complexities of rekindling past love, questioning whether the resulting pain is anticipated or unexpected. This introspective examination aligns with confessional poetry, a style where poets candidly explore personal experiences and emotions. The poem's free verse structure, lacking a fixed rhyme scheme or meter, allows for a natural and conversational tone. Therefore, this piece can be classified as a confessional free verse poem.​

FOOTNOTES: omitted the bottom part out of the poem because I felt it drug it out. Sometimes it’s what you don’t say, what you don’t add, that makes a statement (or a poem) powerful. It’s all in the edit. : )

dead or alive?

alive or dead?

either way i don’t know —

if our love is living or dead?