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Battered
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The silence you flung at me


Cut as well as a sharp blade


Then tossed me over the edge


Of sanity


Where I tumbled, rolled


And smashed against things


In the darkness


Until my battered soul wound up


Beyond recognition


And still,


What is now beyond belief here is


That I went back to you,


Back for seconds,


For more of the same


(The cure, as it were, came late.)!


 
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 Reviews of "Battered"
Reviewed by Eileen Granfors
Reviewed on March 6, 2008
Whoa--a lifetime of experience in 15 lines . Good work, Randall.
Eileen
Reviewed by Charlie
Reviewed on January 16, 2008
Stark realities-- cruel silences-- It's painful to read. I love the image of flinging silence. I imagine it like a discus-thrower. I call that kind of silence zeros with knives-- or jagged-edged zeros-- when "nothing" hurts so bad, you wish you could bleed from the wound. But the bloodless ones hurt the deepest-- as do the tearless sobs hurt the most. Take care. --Charlie
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 13, 2008
For some, it never comes. This is a keeper.

Ron
Reviewed by Rafika Anderson (Reader)
Reviewed on January 12, 2008
Oh, such gentle, almost tender treatment of a rough subject--pain. I enjoyed the way you dealt with the issue so honestly, openly and directly. Nicely done.
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on January 8, 2008
sadly this is a scenario that plays itself out way to often in the world-a good write
Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on January 8, 2008
The Batered Syndrome applies to men too. You need a strong dose of tough love and it works.
Love,
Susan
Reviewed by Rose Rideout
Reviewed on January 8, 2008
A very painful write Randall yet we all seem to go back for seconds, why I will never know. Take care cause others do care.

Newfie Hugs, Rose
Reviewed by Bonnie May
Reviewed on January 8, 2008
This was very painful but so true. I hope it wasn't something you are living. You are very talented. Be safe and happy, Bonnie May
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