LIKE BITTER GAUNTLETS THAT CUT SO DEEP A PAIN RICHLY DESERVED ONE COULD REVEL IN IT A LIFETIME-SACRIFICE MY HEART-PAWNING OUT MY SOUL FOR YOU-AND IT WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH-I WILL ALWAYS DISSAPPOINT-TEARS ABOUND TO NO AVAIL-NOTHING CHANGES-EVER CHANGES-THESE THINGS THAT GO AND DON’T MAKE SENSE-ENOUGH TO DRIVE ME MAD-REPEAT MYSELF TIME AND AGAIN-NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU-WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER-WHEN I AM HAUNTED BY THE PAST-CRUCIFIED FOR UNKNOWN DEEDS BY OTHER THAT PRECEDED MY AFFECTION-PUNISHED AND BROW BEATEN I CANNOT GRASP THE REASON-WHY-JEALOUSLY IS YOUR PRECIOUS RAGE TUCKED SAFELY AWAY WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE HOW YOU QUESTION YOUR OWN STABILITY-HEADTRIPS DIVE FROM DEMONS PAST AND COME TO REST ON MY SHOULDER-THIS LOVE YOU CLAIM IS MORE OWNERSHIP-ON A RICKETY PEDESTAL I AM PUT TO LIVE UP TO DELUSIONAL NOTIONS-OUTRAGEOUS IDEALS –THAT I CAN NEVER FULFILL-AND I FALL FROM GRACE AND DARE NOT LOOK AT YOUR FACE-FOR IT IS WHAT YOU SET ME UP FOR-SO WALK AWAY SATISFIED- THE LOVE WITHIN YOU HAS DIED- AND ALONG WITH IT MY PAIN…..
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
