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Dashed
by Chanti Niven → (All Poetry by Chanti Niven)
Saturday, March 11, 2017    Not rated by the Author.
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A poem about surviving a romantic relationship


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It felt like
I was caught in the crush
of a livid ocean,
So vindictive and cruel
It stripped my hope
and dashed my body
upon the rocks.
With a repetitive churning
like a giant laundromat,
it turned me over and over.
Until... finally, limp,
      I let go
And when it was calm
there was very little left 
of what was there before.

And now, after all this time,
when I gaze out 
over that once beaten shore
littered with driftwood
and broken shells,
I smile at the glowing gold 
on the horizon,

     and I know...
that what was stripped
had to go.

What is left
is so much more...

© Chanti 2016


 

 


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 Reviews of "Dashed"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on October 29, 2017
I love the hope at the ending of your poem, Chanti. Love (romance) that goes wrong is very painful, particularly if it is born of betrayal. Thank you for sharing. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,

Régis

Reviewed by Jeff Mason
Reviewed on October 28, 2017
The ending sums it up nicely...
"I know...
that what was stripped
had to go.

What is left
is so much more..."

Words that strike deep. And it's disappointing that something hoped-for has proven to be the very crux of one's pain. And yet, the learning and the growing in the aftermath -- those things make us all the wiser.
-- Jeff

Reviewed by Walt Hardester
Reviewed on March 12, 2017
Golden.

~W~

Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)
Reviewed on March 11, 2017
Whether it be the man or the woman who is abusive, their anger is deep-seated...anger management or psychological help. But most will not seek it and therefore are the one's who lose.

Always,

Deborah

Reviewed by Michelle Mills
Reviewed on March 11, 2017
Letting go is freedom. A beautiful reminder, with visuals and imagery that tear at the heart and bring a smile to the reader.


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