Sticks and stones break my bones
Your words hurt me
I run with scissors, I step on cracks
But the last thing I need is to take you back
I could have married a King's son;
but instead I found you
You loved another,
but I never knew
All the King's gold
Decreed the man in the moon
will all be yours one day
should I not stay
Your words put a dagger in my heart
and you weren't even smart
When you said that you quit us
because I'm old
You threw
Sticks and Stones
I cried, I pleaded
saying that you can't leave us
And asked, "What about
our pledge of trust ?"
You were cold and
simply said that I am old
You threw
Sticks and Stones
Now you say that you want me back
But, as you said....I'm old
The tables have turned
and if truth be told;
You can have the young girl with hair of black
So, don't even bother to unpack
I'm going to let her pick up the slack
And have you so I can dodge your
Sticks and Stones
Good luck, old man...
you will need it
When the day comes that you
will have to dodge HER
Sticks and Stones
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Author:
Jane Clemons (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: February 24th, 2022 21:36
- Comment from author about the poem: This poem is about a man who leaves his wife for a younger woman. The tables turn as he may one day get a taste of his own medicine. This was, of course, written through my own experience
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Comments3
'I'm going to let her pick up the slack'
perfect mindset! and a wonderful read
of self affirmation of worth! thanks for sharing...
(if those we intrust with our heart
deem it so easily, squanderable
then, however hard
we must learn the true fact
they're part of the rubbish
bringing a stink, in-to our lives
and must therefore be taken out
on good riddance, collection days
while we move on, wrap
all our hurt, in those black bags
of forget and move-on
to the feel of a lighter life
and nature's smell of Spring, beginnings
as many times as it takes...!)
Thank you for affirming my pain over a person who I entrusted with my heart. Hope my message of the pain that I felt triumphed over any bitterness that came through in the read. Your comment was exquisite...I always appreciate your comments and admire your work ! Thank you. I have much to learn
Really like how you have expressed yourself in this ! Good poem . Words can truly hurt if used in the wrong way !
Thank you so much !
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