You swore not to hurt me
Your words the anesthesia
That numbed the pain
While your workers
Slowly chipped away
At every wall I had
You sat behind my head
Whispering dreams
That loosened the mortar
The walls fell faster
My synapses fired rapidly
Memories created instantly
My walls were fortified though
Thicker and harder than you planned
So your voice grew stronger
From encouragement, to direction
Eventually dictation - “you will”...
Believe whatever I say, because it’s the truth
The final structures fell hard
Complete destruction during the collapse
No material left to rebuild
A complete loss
Decades of building
Gone in an plume of poisoned dust
Your crystal ball became a reality
You could see it now for yourself
Fully exposed, the one entity never clear
My heart, there in its' full glory
Its' beat strong and intimidating
You knew why, it beat for you
Like a squall in the middle of an Atlantic night
It hit you, you couldn’t handle it
So you ran, no thought of your promise
In your trail you left your whispers
Your anesthesia ripped from me
And there I laid...
Fully awake and conscious
My chest held open with a rusty tool
The pain almost imaginary
The physical agony - just that
But I looked for you
It would be ok, you would be there
You swore never to hurt me
I gave myself to you, all of me
Everything I had to offer
The best and worst of me
And you just wanted to see
What I had inside
You unwrapped me
And threw away the gift
Left me on a table
Watching my own heart
Die in front
Of my own eyes
I want to hate you
But I can’t
I just wish, the whispers
Had been real
That heart could have pumped
For the two of us
- forever and always
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Very nice work..I can relate to this poem very much..it brought tears to my eyes, and if it can do that to me, its good stuff...take care...
Hi Jason,
Wow, what a reaction. I can tell you, the tears that fell in real life were immense, but the tears that fell while writing it, were about as cathartic as it could get. Hopefully for you it didn't open old wounds, but helped them mend....
Yes..it was very very well written..thank you for sharing it
Tryst,
Wow 😲
An interesting title to begin with and the content is phenomenal because it awakened a sleeping giant within me!
That is a good thing!
A reminder of what we can be ... and what we actually are! The choice is ours to make.
“You swore not to hurt me
Your words the anesthesia...”
We’re anesthetized for the moment...
“Complete destruction during the
collapse”
With a strong and solid foundation, the rebuilding will happen and astound you!
“The heart could have pumped
For the two of us
-forever and always”
It could have, but it wasn’t meant to be.
“I want to hate you
But I can’t”...
...because that is NOT you...
the forgiving, honorable man whose huge heart will never die.
You ARE the living heart and soul of your world!
Along with a few tears, this exceptional poem has touched my heart and soul!
Thank you for sharing and letting me see a bit of you!
~Laura~
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