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Haunted
by Joy L. Hale

Friday, June 24, 2011
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When a love affair is over, it's over! Or, it should be, but love and emotions are not that simple. When one partner cannot give up the relationship, this can sometimes be a "Haunting" experience.

 

WHY do you haunt me?

We shared a time in space
When our need for each
Other was all consuming

But that time has passed
We have now found other loves

So, WHY do you haunt me so?

Why do I hear your voice
Calling out to me
Filled with hurt and need?

MUST you continue to haunt me?

Move on and leave the past
Where it belongs
Let the memories of yesterday
Be the start of a bright
New beginning for you...

And HAUNT me no more.

Joy L. Hale
Copyright 2011
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Reviewed by George Dominguez 8/28/2011
WOW! This poem has a lot of feelings from the past. Very powerful Joy. Thank you for posting and sharing this one. God Bless. George AKA THE WISE OLD OWL
Reviewed by Christine Tsen 6/29/2011
You write of this complex scenario of love so well, Joy!
Blessings,
Christine
Reviewed by Richard King 6/28/2011
Joy, I disagree with Annabel and it's not often that I can say that, but I see your "haunting" as memories of a time now past. Time may lessen the intensity, but in my experience, they don't disappear. That's either good or bad depending upon how you allow it to affect you.

Nicely penned, my friend. Thanks Dick
Reviewed by Joyce Bell 6/27/2011
VERY WELL DONE...ON A SUBJECT THAT I AM SURE WE ALL CAN RELATE TO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER IN OUR LIVES. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Reviewed by Regis Auffray 6/27/2011
You share a timeless and universal theme of this life/world, Joy. I am sure many can relate to this meaningful write. Thank you. Love and best wishes to you,

Regis
Reviewed by Annabel Sheila 6/26/2011
Time is a wondrous healer, Joy...the hauntings eventually do disappear....it just seems like it takes forever.....enjoyed this!

Anna
Reviewed by Mr. Ed 6/26/2011
The past can be quite powerful, but as you say, we must often let it go.
Reviewed by Felix Perry 6/26/2011
Yes past loves when not mutual in parting can be like a nagging headache always in the back of the brain...not enough to stop us but to make life a little uncomfortable for our hearts.
fee
Reviewed by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen 6/25/2011
Powerful thank you for sharing. You have a new fan!!!
In Christs Love
Michelle~
Reviewed by Amor Sabor 6/25/2011
Why do we feel we are haunted by lost love? That love does not haunt us...it is ourselves refusing to let go that constitutes being haunted. In order for us to relieve ourselves of this feeling we must accept loss for what it is and was...a part of our growing and a part of our life...lessons learned. We somehow cannot forgive ourselves enough to love completely this time around or the next because we feel we have not given enough and were unable to successfully save what we lost. We can never love enough.
Amor
Reviewed by Andy Turner 6/25/2011
I kept thinking of Wuthering Heights as I read this.
Reviewed by Linda Hill 6/25/2011
Joy,
Beautiful poem of memories that come back to haunt us. It reminds me of my poem, Who Do You Think You Are? Read it if you get a chance. Mine poem is about abuse, but your poem is all about love.

Blessings,
~Linda
Reviewed by Vivian Dawson 6/25/2011
Giving life to a haunting
memory can also mean an
new appreciation of the
here and now
~Lady Joy~
Is a blessed soul who can
take it all in stride and
move on

Lady Vivian
Reviewed by Natosha Davis 6/25/2011
Been there and done that. With time, hopefully, it will dissipate. Carry on.
Reviewed by ANNA CLOUTIER (Reader) 6/25/2011
POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL WORDS..FROM THE HEART..
ANNA
Reviewed by George Carroll 6/24/2011
Eventually it will come to pass.
Reviewed by TONY NERONE 6/24/2011
Sometimes our paths cross with others for GOD's reason. But he will allow someone else who appreciates you to cross paths with you again.
Peace
Tony
Reviewed by James Johnston 6/24/2011
A brain is a wondrous thing, but it was designed by God as our body's memory chip. Things we experience in life are saved forever and cannot be deleted except by the Creator. We each deal with this in different ways. Being haunted by bad experiences is the price we pay for possessing this ability. I pray these memories will be obscured by the current love you enjoy. Well written, Joy, and I'm sure you are not "Haunted" alone. Just Jim
Reviewed by John Flanagan 6/24/2011
Easier said than done, Joy, the human heart
is often strange and painful...
there is such longing in these lines
and your delivery with the repeats
makes it all so poignant.

John
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader) 6/24/2011
Sometimes is isn't as easy as asking them to move on, but in your case, I hope it is.
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