End – Poem of the Month – January 2019

End


Evening touches the last light
Before it covers in its darkness
My heart swathed in mourning threads
and face paralyzed in hardness
 
In the end they say it is black
This must surely be where I am
The birds do not sing
nor do I hear the bleat of a lamb
 
I feel only numbness
Immobilized with no direction
Hearing your words echoing in my ears
and their cruel inflection
 
I am a broken woman
Laying in pieces at your feet
A heap of something that once was
Your destruction complete
 
Before others we plighted our troth
An oath to be faithful and true
Our love an ocean not stopping at the shore
If only we knew
 
Your demons buried deep inside
Were still alive and well
Once the lid was open
Only time would tell
 
They had festered in their morbid coffin
Poison slowly growing in wait
A corpulent beast ready to explode
Once you opened the gate
 
I am now frozen in time
Your love was detrimental to my being
I lay slowly dying from the toxins
Your final gift is freeing

 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

Word Prompts:

Oath

Detrimental

Corpulent

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Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

29 thoughts on “End – Poem of the Month – January 2019

    1. Thank you for the lovely compliment! 🙂 I try…sometimes it comes together how I want it to, sometimes not. I just hope some can relate. Hope you had a nice Christmas and wishing you and your son, plus the pets, a Happy New Year 💕

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      1. Take it easy my friend and don’t overdo it. I want read lots of stuff on your blog 🙂💕Warm wishes and a Happy and Healthy New Year to you.

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      1. You are too kind! Sometimes I don’t even know where I’m going with a poem. I keep writing and writing and it goes nowhere. Then I have to put it away and come back to it and then it becomes something else! I guess that’s looking for balance. Thank you so much for reading 🙂

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