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Tag Archives: tears
Waves
I am not resisting anymore. Every wave that hit me, caused me to lose my footing, Left me disoriented, Struggling and out of breath. So many waves slapped me, stinging my skin. Other waves crashed down with fury, pulling me … Continue reading
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Tagged #life, Adaptation, alone, Consumed, crash, drowning, keep going, Letting go. Acceptance. Mindfulness, loss, lost, Ocean, persona non grata, stay alive, surrender, survival, survive, surviving, swim, tears
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Death
Death carves Holes In our lives In our hearts In our future What might have been But can never be What should have been But never will. We weep, mostly for ourselves, And stagger, bruised and broken, onward, a little … Continue reading
Enough Rope
While you sit back, pontificating, Sharing your “truth” about people And the world – what drives us, How to take advantage and gain control, You can’t equate all the bad things you quip about others , are a reflection of … Continue reading
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Tagged broken trust, civility, exiles, grief, keep going, loss, Manners, secrets of growing up, surviving, tears
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Backward Glance to an old lover
The man I thought was my one true love in this crazy world, married someone other than me. She might look a bit like me, she might have the exact same birthdate as mine (taking into account GMT), but she … Continue reading
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Tagged #journey, #travel, acceptance, choices, exiles, History, Letting go. Acceptance. Mindfulness, longing, looking back, lost, lost words, love, Ocean, passage through august, poem, promises we make ourselves, secrets of growing up, survival, surviving, tears, the bridge across forever, thoughts, wedding, words, words forgotten
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When I finally arrived home to the empty house, I sat in silence a long time. I stared at the walls. I stared existential holes into the carpet. I think I wept, mainly for myself, contemplating life without you, standing … Continue reading
A love
I had a love. We enjoyed each other’s company so much that we wound lay together for hours and just talk, peacefully, contentedly. I had a love That really, truly, completely knew me, understood me,; That could finish my sentences; … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, apart, dreams, grief, keep going, Letting go. Acceptance. Mindfulness, loss, love, Marriage, poem, solitude, Starting Over, survive, surviving, tears, the bridge across forever, thoughts, words, worth the wait
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The wave
It’s calm and still. The water feels like cool satin brushing against my skin. I’m floating; Treading water. It’s sheer peace, This effortles release. Then it cones, The wave of grief, Higher than everything A wall of emotions, Smashing down, … Continue reading
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Tagged #life, acceptance, Adaptation, alone, apart, bible black nights, break up, breaking up, crash, darkness, drowning, keep going, Letting go. Acceptance. Mindfulness, looking back, near death, Ocean, reborn, reinvention, Starting Over, stay alive, surrender, survival, survive, surviving, swim, tears
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strength in surrender
A strong person bows at the foot of love Takes his hand and dances the remainder of this dance across the planet. For better preferably, not worse, For hopefully richer & not poorer, A weak person runs from love, Forces … Continue reading
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Tagged Marriage, Parker. Poetry marriage, Poetry apart, tears, thoughts, worth the wait
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Bitter sweet
Familiar tears Etching their path down Freckled pink cheeks. Pursed pink lips Taste salty bitter sweet
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