You Still Slipped Away

Anne Peterson
Nov 5 · 2 min read

A poem about death

Photo by Kiki Siepel on Unsplash

Why did you slip away
into the night?
Where did you go,
when you slipped out of sight?

Your body remained,
but your voice disappeared.
I stood close beside you,
with nothing to hear.

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Anne Peterson

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Poet, Speaker, published author of 15 books. Visit Anne’s website www.annepeterson.com to sign up for free eBook, “Getting Through the Holidays.”

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