You still live in the past
Like some old crutch dragging you further to your knees
Wake Up, I know what you see
The blood soaked underwear was just life, primal
The vultures stopped circling years ago
They died as well
Just like the love, remember
New horizons, that’s what they say
Make the distance pay
Yet, here we are again
Broken people
Glue us back together
The cracks still show
I once thought, build a three-storey house
Me at the top, you at the bottom, love in the middle
That way we both get a bit of something
Wouldn’t that be great
Few years from now
You walk up the stairs
Love is waiting
Wouldn’t that be great
Just don’t climb any higher
You left the past behind, remember.
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Author:
Paul Bell (Pseudonym) (
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- Category: Reflection
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a good write, enjoyed
Multi story metaphor in this write Paul and in the middle sandwiched love. Nicely done my friend
Nicely said.
Sometimes the past that we left piggybacks without our noticing. 🙏🏻🕊️
Paul, this moves through damage, memory, and that uneasy attempt to rebuild…wanting something workable even when the cracks won’t disappear. There’s a push forward here, but it keeps glancing back, and that’s what gives it weight. Great job, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Wow, powerful punch. Makes its message known. Well penned.
Raw and confrontational—this reads like a relationship autopsy delivered without soft edges, where memory and resentment are still arguing over the same ground.
The grit is in that uneasy mix of intimacy and distance: love reimagined as structure, but built on fractures that never quite disappear.
Yeah, when it goes wrong, it goes wrong.
No matter how much we climb the past may always be in sight, unfortunately it's easier said than done to forget it. What we can do is accept it and move forward learning from it. 🌹
She moved to another planet. lol
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