Time and time again,

You put your heart out on a silver platter,

But never has someone giving their's to you.

Yet,

You carry on loving with your whole heart;

No matter the amount of times you've fallen,

With no one there to catch you,

No one there to help you collect the shattered pieces of your broken heart;

No one is ever there to help stick those pieces back together.

But why?

Why are you always left alone,

After giving your all?

You love so deeply,

Fall so far,

But in the end,

Everyone goes,

And the only one left...

Is you and your broken heart.

I meant to post this in the challenge before it ended. However, the earlier I plan to be, the later I always end up. It's probably just better to do less planning and more doing...bla... Anyway, here are the entries I enjoyed most from the challenge 'How do you come back from losing the one(s) you love?'

First, I'd like to say all the entries were great. But, approaches, strong emotions and resonation were major factors used in arriving at this decision. Although I ended up with five winners many times, I finally arrived at this:

Winner:

AlisonAudrey - 'I have died'

Honorable mentions (ranked top to bottom):

Estherflowers1 - 'A Facsimile is the Best we can do'

DeAnn - 'Loss is not an Easy Road'

Finder - 'Grief'

Godavenzi - 'About Losing'

TW - 'Your Exo/Endo Hellscape

PS: I was tempted to just put these entries on the same line and call it a contest. But at the end of it, each of them resonated with me differently. Being the only judge might make this appear biased but, hey! that's what I got.