Prompt from d’VersePoets: Silence; a quadrille, a 44 word poem.
About sixteen years ago, Kev and I went through devasting losses that lasted off and on for four plus years. One thing after another, after another, after another. Kev did his best to help me cope. As I wrote this poem today, it was difficult to look back for most of it still haunts me. If I think of it long, I spiral; so today, while I glance back, I focus on the present, and the blessings we share now.
Silence
I don’t say a word.
I just can’t.
If I open my mouth,
I tell you, I’ll scream.
Can’t help it.
The loss is too much.
I can’t bear.
I stare out the window
Of the car, aching in
A heart-wrenching
World of Silence.
Kaci Rigney Copyright March 23, 2026
Kaci Rigney 
Heartbreaking poem, Kaci! So well written!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you
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Oh, that one tugs hard at the heart!
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I needed to write it. Thank you for your comment. ☺️
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Devastating losses – somehow they are always there. Memories pop up unexpectedly……or one deliberately decides to look back at photo albums. The urge to scream a primal scream is heard in the head, even if not screamed aloud. That is the silence of deep grief.
I am so sorry for your losses. You’ve written a beautiful post – a powerful post – and your words are visceral in their feelings.
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Thank you so much, Lillian.
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Been there. Awesome work. Thanks.
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A terrible place to be.
Thanks for commenting.
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Very touching and heartfelt! Good for you for making it through, I know it is not easy to keeping it together when many would have gone their own way!
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Thank you. I so agree. God is good. May He Bless You.
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Yes! Thank you!
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