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Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

Book by Anne Marie Wells · 5 quotes · Loss, Bereavement, Depression

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“I am not a whole, only disjointed pieces held together the way two ventricles taped to an aorta won’t beat.”

Heart Death Loss Grief Dying Depression Bereavement

Book:Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

Source: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

“I am a ghost town, my body still exists among the remnants and relics, but no one lives here anymore. The locals moved out with the post office. The shelves at the corner store stand as tombstones marking the prices of items that once waited for hands to toss them in their basket. Spiders and the remains of their kills fill the fluorescent lights. The crows don’t even stop on the wires when they fly over.”

Loss Grief Sadness Depression Ghosts Spiders Bereavement Crows Ghost Town

Book:Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

Source: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

“My sadness is a thousand-foot well; gratitude is a rope keeping me from drowning.”

Loss Grief Sadness Gratitude Depression Survival Bereavement Drowning Well Emotional Wellness

Book:Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

Source: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

“I feel disconnected from the people who I know have not experienced the exposed nerves of a close loved one yanked by pliers from one's jaws. I am different from them now. They can’t know the festering wound staining my teeth red, can't know the taste of salt and iron in everything I eat.”

Pain Death Loss Grief Cancer Trauma Bereavement

Book:Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

Source: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

“Two great pains mark my grief trail like cairns: knowing that it was going to happen, and it happening. But unlike cairns, I can never navigate back the way I came.”

Pain Loss Grief Depression Cancer Bereavement Diagnosis Cairns

Book:Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems

Source: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems