Posted in Poetry, tagged betrayal, Hurt, Leaving, Poetry, Rage on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I left him.
but not before he could leave me–
three years ago
and still
not one week ago today
she was back in my life…
I can’t remember a time
so much anger filled my body
fingertip corks
removed
leaving rage to flow
like wine
red red wine
nausea tears through me
imagined in my mind
thoughts only people [...]
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Posted in Poetry, tagged friendship, Leaving, Poetry on December 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
She almost died once.
Joked on the plane
to the nervous man next to her…
“Don’t worry, I’ve already had my near death experience.”
I watched her laying there
determined to wiggle her toes
helped her shower
laughed with her
“nothing over five pounds!”
then flew halfway across the world
fleeing from my own insecurities
and left her…
alone.
It [...]
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there is no hatred here
only hurt
my misconception of what was taking place
again in the dark
alone in my beliefs
wondering
but mostly knowing
that although I have been cut off
again
you still search me out…
it is unfair
yet just in your eyes
a blessing in disguise
that makes me so incredibly angry
don’t leave me a last note…
it takes away
from the sudden shut out
you [...]
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Posted in Poetry, tagged insecurity, Leaving, Poetry on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
We were teenage girls
crowding shoulder to shoulder
spreading gossip and lip gloss
in the busy corridor between bellsI watched
from outside the circle
uninvolved in the banter between
and realized how little it mattered
my being thereas if fate
had written a resolution to my insecurity
I signed my name to the dotted line
desperate to rid myself
of the indifferent nature
sixteen had to offer
I [...]
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