turn off the lights so darkness may smudge
your silhouette outlined against the sycamore and
i may not have to feel how vividly you leave
hoping the universe can forgive
the twelfth time i got it wrong
how i crashed into the echo of a changed mind
listening to ringback tones bleed out
silent phones and empty mailboxes
awaiting hardcover books sun-faded
music scores played yellow
go easy on this abandoned cactus heart
too grating for berceuse hands
empty it into the air your voice used to wrap around
wound it back into my chest and ask her to try again
how badly i didn’t want it to be like this
i smile and then cry about it afterwards
plead to forget the night you spoke about fragility
reprised with slow voices and hushed hands
spinning vulnerability so lyrical
i wanted to give you all my softness
letting me read to you all the
scriptures of a hopeful heart
praying it wouldn’t ricochet an epitaph
then finding myself on the synagogue floor, hating
that you proved me right
I resonate with your words and images; this speaks to me of my own vulnerability and insecurity–and how many times I got things wrong.
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Thank you so much Madeline! Lots of love to you 💖
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This gets under the skin. Well done.
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Thank you Rebecca!! x
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This was never how I wanted to be,
never where I thought it would lead me –
beautiful though it felt sometimes,
this delicate thing,
whittled out of tears
and vulnerability.
I never thought it would shine so nastily,
like a dirty fire
under tender skin.
I never thought it would leave me feeling so wrong,
so meanly put together.
But maybe that’s my calling –
saying that
(even from here… especially frim here)
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Love this!! 💖
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“the synagogue floor” – really? that was unexpected!
a beautiful poem 👏
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Thank you!! 😍
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Heart-ful Melody 🌷
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Thanks Ellie! 💖💖
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I relate to ur style
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Thank you!!
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Beautiful! I really loved this! ❤
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Aww thank you Carol Anne!
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Oh my, this is exquisite!!
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Ahh thank you so much!
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You’re most welcome 🙂
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So beautifully written! I love the line “go easy on this abandoned cactus heart”. Amazing!
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Thank you! Really glad you liked that line 😊
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So beautifully written! 🙂
Especially these lines –
‘go easy on this abandoned cactus heart
too grating for berceuse hands’.
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Thank you so much! 😊
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So many lines struck chords in this. Beautiful.
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Thank you! 💖
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Sad emotions expressed with surrealist words.
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Thank you for this 😍
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“Go easy on this abandoned cactus heart” very unique!! Lovely!
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Thanks Kevin! Glad you liked that line 😊
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Nice: “abandoned cactus heart”. You always have some great images. Love the way you put together words!
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Aww thanks Benjamin! Really appreciate this 😍
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Welcome 🙂
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This is truly beautiful.
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Thank you Stephen 😍
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Interesting lively and exuberant.
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Thank you! Glad you liked it x
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thanks for the reblog ☺️
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Always happy to share great posts with followers!!
😊✨✨
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Happy to share!! 😊✨✨✨
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