in Just Feeling

You Never Knew

You never knew

that after you left I stayed

by the impression on the ground where you’d lain

I drew my hand

over the flattened grass and it was

as if I needed and cherished your absence more

than I needed and cherished you

                                    -

(an extract from the poem SUSPENDED by Bruno K.Oijer from The Lost Words,translated from Swedish by Tom Geddes)

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  1. One of the most beautiful poems I’ve ever read. Is it a part of Undergraduate course in literature too?

    as if I needed and cherished your absence more

    than I needed and cherished you

    Suits me just perfect :) I’ve begun to feel that I need and cherish the ‘absence’ of everything in life rather than their presence.

    The flattened grass, tha hand…. What a beautiful , beautiful way to put it.