Today’s OctPoWriMo theme is going to far or crossing the line. I’m combining this prompt with Michael of MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie Taleweavers prompt on rejection.
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Unnumb the pain, make me feel
Unnumb the pain it’s so unreal
Unreal enough that it’s too real
Unreal enough that hurts all the more
More was hurtful, you crossing lines
More was insidious and harmful
Harmful, you were supposed to protect
Harmful because my wounds are jagged
Jagged life, you’ve blessed me with
Jagged life, do you know how I feel?
Feel, do you feel at all? Have empathy?
Feel, is your body as numb as mine?
Mine is aching and empty
Mine has a hole in my stomach
Stomaching your betrayal
Stomaching your cruelty
Cruelty that lingers and nips
Cruelty that cannot be blocked out
Out of my mind, my body
Out of my heart, my soul
Soulless, why’d you have to be this way?
Soulless, saw your vacant eyes and knew all along
Along, I go away from you,
Along I go with opportunities
Opportunities to thrive and learn
Opportunities to be a better person
Person who loves
Person who forgets
Forgets your terrible denial, rejection
Forgets that I crossed the line
Lines demarcated that said don’t ask for more,
Line demarcated that brought up your walls
Walls, fortified structures
Walls, yours, aren’t my fault
Fault lies with us both
Faults, we’re all of of us flawed
Flawed as together we had too many
Flawed as the night without stars
Stars as your eyes that drew me in
Stars going off with your velvet touch
Touch, the experience not forgotten
Touch, yours is but a memory
Memory, nostalgia not reality
Memory of the best times and the worst
Worst memories at the end
Worst memories haunt me still
Still I’ve moved on and I’m happy
Still I’ve found a way to love life
Life has no garuntees, but I’m okay
Happy, today, that word describes me well
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