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.
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,
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
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.
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"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
~W~
Always,
Deborah