Posts tagged ‘divorce’

April 25, 2026

THANK YOU FOR LEAVING ME (REFLECTIONS ON THE TRUTH)

by thereluctantpoet

 

By Charles Robert Lindholm  

 I wish I would

stay angry

the way they say

I should

But I’ve learned

that letting go

makes me feel so good

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April 20, 2026

PRODIGAL LOVER

by thereluctantpoet

MAN SITTING ON PIER AT SUNSET
By Charles Robert Lindholm

She Sailed
Into The Sunset
Never Looking Back
Or Waving

Without A Care
Or Second Thought
She Left Me
For Anywhere But Here

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April 15, 2026

AN EMOTIONAL NUCLEAR EXPLOSION

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

She set off
an emotional
nuclear explosion
when she said,
“I want a divorce” 

I was blinded by
a burning truth
searing my soul 

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April 14, 2026

SPECIFIC REQUEST

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

In disbelief,
He described
her exact words to me
they were:

unambiguous
definitive
descriptive
emotional
heated
final
and
specific

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April 11, 2026

TICKLING THE WIRE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Never Knew
That I Was
Tickling The Wire
But It Seems I Did

Having Found
Condemning Evidence
I Wanted To Obtain
A Confession

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April 5, 2026

OLD NEWS

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

How can he be so deaf

when my heart is crying?

Why can’t he see

the tears that fall as I cry?

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March 7, 2026

THE BITTER END

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

It’s Hard To Hear
The Truth,
To Have It Stare
You In The Face

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March 6, 2026

NOT MEANT TO BE

by thereluctantpoet

By Bree Leto – Secret Thoughts Within and Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
Bree Reciting – Not Meant To Be – https://secretthoughtswithin.com/2021/04/30/not-meant-to-be-collab-with-audio/

DIVORCE

There are many things you can’t control

Your heart

Another’s heart

no matter how much you might want to
HOPES AND WISHES

It is a fact of life that

hopes and wishes

dreams and prayers

don’t always happen or come to pass

DEAD END
We may have relationships and love

that we have always dreamed of

but sometimes

happenstance

fate or luck

intervene and force a change

to our plans and choices

ONLY FOR AWHILE

Not all relationships

are meant to be forever

sometimes they are only meant

to be for awhile

There may be many things you can’t control

but there are some things you can
DREAMS

Maybe it’s time to dream a new dream

It might be time to

move on

forgive and forget

let go

YOUR OWN PATHWAY

and follow your own pathway

TO A BETTER LIFE

into a new and better life

Copyright © 2021 Bree Leto – Secret Thoughts Within and Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-24-2021 – 2:30 p.m

Chuck Lindholm and Bree Leto are an unlikely writing duo from opposite sides of the world. Chuck is from the USA while Bree is from Australia. With their shared love for words, they have immense fun creating passionate poems and stories that reach out to the hearts of their readers. Their collaborative style is full of rich emotions and fiery actions. Bree and Chuck jokingly call their creative processes ‘cooking’ as they enjoy adding their own favorite spices. You can enjoy more of Chuck’s work at thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com and more of Bree’s at www.secretthoughtswithin.com

Many thanks to Bree Leto for the joy and privilege of writing together.  It is always so magical and fun!
Please be sure to check out Bree’s blog and Her audio of this poem – Secretthoughtswithin
Come Explore My Archives Too!

February 27, 2026

SHE PLUNDERED MY HEART

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

She Plundered My Heart
So Easily
It Was Not Locked
Or Hidden Away
Because I Trusted Her

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February 23, 2026

ALLEY CAT

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

the soul of a hunter
restless
elusive
always on the move 

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February 8, 2026

OLD TOY

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I’m an old toy
up on a shelf
replaced by a new one
I’m all by myself

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January 23, 2026

LETTING GO

by thereluctantpoet

By Nichole Sulpizio And Charles Robert Lindholm

She Heard The Door
Firmly Shut Behind Her
Then Slowly Turned Around
To Take A Final Look
As The Whisper From Her Heart
Said,

“Sometimes
There Is No Going Back”

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January 20, 2026

SOMETHING BETTER

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

She Spent So Many Years
Wishing And Dreaming Of
Something Better
Than What She Thought
She Had

She Had A Restless Heart
That Always Hungered
For More,

read more »

January 17, 2026

THE KEY

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

she wants to keep the key
it seems rather strange
since she’s left
            the city
                        the state
                                    and me

she needed to distance me
            with time
                        with miles
                                    with an affair

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December 30, 2025

IT ONLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF LACE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

It Only Takes
A Little Bit Of Lace
To Ruin A Marriage

Especially,
If You Remove It
From A Woman
In A Hotel Room
Who Isn’t Your Wife

Copyright © 2021 Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 04-14-2021
– 2:45 a.m.

Day 14 NaPoWriMo – April 2021
Inspired By First Line Friday
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/first-line-friday-march-26-2021-2/

December 6, 2025

Have Yourself A Very Unmerry Christmas

by The Limerick Guy

I saw this meme and a post on Facebook that had a slight variation of what became my last line – and together they became Christmas limerick magic

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October 24, 2025

USED TO BE

by thereluctantpoet

BY CHARLES ROBERT LINDHOLM

We
Used To Be
Best Friends
Lovers
Married

But Things Are So Different

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August 14, 2025

CONCURRENT CHOOSING

by thereluctantpoet


By Charles Robert Lindholm

I can choose you
but what does it matter
unless you choose me too 

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August 8, 2025

THANK YOU FOR LEAVING ME (REFLECTIONS ON THE TRUTH)

by thereluctantpoet

 

By Charles Robert Lindholm  

 I wish I would

stay angry

the way they say

I should

But I’ve learned

that letting go

makes me feel so good

read more »

July 27, 2025

NOT MEANT TO BE

by thereluctantpoet

By Bree Leto – Secret Thoughts Within and Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
Bree Reciting – Not Meant To Be – https://secretthoughtswithin.com/2021/04/30/not-meant-to-be-collab-with-audio/

DIVORCE

There are many things you can’t control

Your heart

Another’s heart

no matter how much you might want to
HOPES AND WISHES

It is a fact of life that

hopes and wishes

dreams and prayers

don’t always happen or come to pass

DEAD END
We may have relationships and love

that we have always dreamed of

but sometimes

happenstance

fate or luck

intervene and force a change

to our plans and choices

ONLY FOR AWHILE

Not all relationships

are meant to be forever

sometimes they are only meant

to be for awhile

There may be many things you can’t control

but there are some things you can
DREAMS

Maybe it’s time to dream a new dream

It might be time to

move on

forgive and forget

let go

YOUR OWN PATHWAY

and follow your own pathway

TO A BETTER LIFE

into a new and better life

Copyright © 2021 Bree Leto – Secret Thoughts Within and Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-24-2021 – 2:30 p.m

Chuck Lindholm and Bree Leto are an unlikely writing duo from opposite sides of the world. Chuck is from the USA while Bree is from Australia. With their shared love for words, they have immense fun creating passionate poems and stories that reach out to the hearts of their readers. Their collaborative style is full of rich emotions and fiery actions. Bree and Chuck jokingly call their creative processes ‘cooking’ as they enjoy adding their own favorite spices. You can enjoy more of Chuck’s work at thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com and more of Bree’s at www.secretthoughtswithin.com

Many thanks to Bree Leto for the joy and privilege of writing together.  It is always so magical and fun!
Please be sure to check out Bree’s blog and Her audio of this poem – Secretthoughtswithin
Come Explore My Archives Too!

July 26, 2025

IT ONLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF LACE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

It Only Takes
A Little Bit Of Lace
To Ruin A Marriage

Especially,
If You Remove It
From A Woman
In A Hotel Room
Who Isn’t Your Wife

Copyright © 2021 Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 04-14-2021
– 2:45 a.m.

Day 14 NaPoWriMo – April 2021
Inspired By First Line Friday
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/first-line-friday-march-26-2021-2/

July 4, 2025

SOMETHING BETTER

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

She Spent So Many Years
Wishing And Dreaming Of
Something Better
Than What She Thought
She Had

She Had A Restless Heart
That Always Hungered
For More,

read more »

June 30, 2025

SHE KNEW ME TOO WELL

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

 

She had no fear

that I would run

she had no shame

for what she’d done

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June 25, 2025

A FAVOR

by thereluctantpoet

—-MEMORIES OF THE PAST—-
By Charles Robert Lindholm

it’s really quite a favor
though at times it’s hard to see
it took awhile to see the light
when the message came to me

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June 23, 2025

PAWNS

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

 

We were pawns

the little pieces

in a fight

between opponents

Mom and Dad

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June 21, 2025

I FUMBLED WITH MY SMILE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

You’re supposed to be brave
You’re not supposed to cry

but I fumbled with my smile each time
I was forced to mumble, Hi! 

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June 10, 2025

THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Lived With A Woman
Who Was Passionate
And Wildly Exciting
And It Was Thrilling

read more »

April 29, 2025

TICKLING THE WIRE

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Never Knew
That I Was
Tickling The Wire
But It Seems I Did

Having Found
Condemning Evidence
I Wanted To Obtain
A Confession

read more »

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