Reflection
Sitting on a bench
in the park
Anonymous and unseen
Her situation seemed stark
Reflecting on her life
What might have transpired
had she made better decisions
she would have what she required
Marginalized and alone
The people in her life had scattered
Choosing to follow their own path
She felt her world tattered
Her life orchestrated
by a bully of a husband
Allowing him to be her voice
Feeling completely bludgeoned
Here in her loneliness
Her soliloquy takes shape
Determined to cleanse and deterge
To find her escape
Her life belongs to her
and nobody other
She will finally break free
He will no longer smother
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
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There’s a beautiful sadness in this and triumph at the end. Enjoyed this. Nice job, Christine.
Thank you my friend 💕🙂
so hard to use the word soliloquy but you made it work so well here Christine, the effect from your words creates this symphony of feelings, the ebb and flow of emotions of finding herself.
Thank you Gina ❤️