The Argument - Poem
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Sharp words slice through heart’s tender flesh
Sharp words slice through heart’s tender flesh
Anger plunging ever deeper
Serrated bitterness ripping and tearing
Chewing through until it divides
And disembowels the delicate life
And love seeps slowly
Into the scattered filth of what once was
Without a second glance
Love walks away
Trailing through the debris
Leaving behind
Empty foot prints
And only a shadow of beauty
Once strong and clear, now
Fades and struggles . . . for one last gasp
© 2010, JKim Moore, Kaleidoscope Poetry
When Words Hurt
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I agree with MIMOMA about feeling the pain in this poem. This was a wonderful painful read. :) Great poem!
I could not agree more mimmoma. As a matter of fact I am working on a series of articels dealing with divorce. And, as it seems you have been through such an expierence, I hope you will read and be helped by them.
My goal in writing them is to help others heal.
Thanks for both your kind words.
Pride makes cowards of us all. We walk away and think that ends it all. then the memories come back to stab us in the heart again and again.
So true SilentReed, so very true.
I agree...very true!
Your poetry is as jagged as a bread knife sold on late night infomercials. It has bite to it. So good to see poets who understand the value of words. Thanks for the post.
I appreciate your frankness Doug.
...so brutally honest and yet such great poetry - which makes it - art!!!!! I'm glad I came over and checked this one out - man oh man - now this is some seriously well chosen words ...
Thanks Colin. This is one of those from the very depths of my soul. It was therapy to write it, and still burns when I return to read it.
Great read! I love works that pull the emotion right out of you... and this did! Phew! Great stuff!!
Thank you for the read and post msdee115.
very beautiful and heart wrenching! voted up!
So kind of you to stop by and read. Thank you for your vote.
Blessings
You have great imagery in your poem. Very emotional and I feel it through this read. I voted up. Much Love and Respect.
Thank you for the lovely comment, wisdom25, and for the vote up.
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MIMOMA 22 months ago
OH MY MS KIM... I felt the pain as I read.. AGAIN, after so long a life time, a painful memory can still dart in and twist the blade just a bit.. I tend to think a divorce is a permanent injury through out a life time..a failure of broken promises, of abuse and anxiety that drains life from something that could have been....eternal..