{"id":108091,"date":"2021-11-10T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T23:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108091"},"modified":"2021-11-10T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T23:10:09","slug":"phantom-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108091","title":{"rendered":"Phantom Pain&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108091\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=108091\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104593 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Joyce-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>By Joyce Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>I can\u2019t believe that you are gone my brain won\u2019t let me believe it is true<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Grief is the phantom pain of a missing limb that was once my extension of you<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>I find myself reaching for a love no longer there<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Screaming to the Universe how my loss is not fair<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>How am I to operate if my right hand is missing from me<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>How am I to go on if you are no longer where you should be<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Reaching for what\u2019s not there is the definition to insane<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>When you lose something so connected you can\u2019t help the phantom pain<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Even as I get to acceptance in my journey of grief<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>No amount of acceptance will bring me a sense of relief<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>So, I will keep reaching for you even though you are not there<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Because I can not turn off love and can\u2019t pretend not to care<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Until the day I am gone I will forever keep seeking<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>The limb that I lost in you that I will forever keep reaching<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Until the day I am gone my heart will be held ransom<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>By the ghost of a pain that was you but now is a Phantom<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joyce Davis I can\u2019t believe that you are gone my brain won\u2019t let me believe it is true Grief is the phantom pain of a missing limb that was once my extension of you I find myself reaching for a love no longer there Screaming to the Universe how my loss is not fair 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