From a very dark place….climbing out with sheer will and determination to a place of light. I hate the happenings in the beginning but love the hope and the final watershed moment. Possibility……….change…………may we wish it for all who are in situations you describe.
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Christine Bolton
January 23, 2019 at 12:33 pm
Thank you Lillian. I appreciate it very much. Yes, unfortunately, there are many out there in that situation. I hope they’ll find the strength to claw their way out. 😢
This is a dark poem, Christine, and I can feel the man’s anger and madness in the opening stanza. I like that you have not gone into detail about the ‘baptism by fire’ and left it to the imagination. Sadly, this type of man knows how to draw women into his trap. But I am so glad she had a watershed moment and there is always hope.
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Christine Bolton
January 23, 2019 at 8:29 am
Thank you Kim. I really appreciate it. In the end there’s always hope and she was strong enough to stop the madness.
Retrieving pieces of your life, shedding the last remnants of memory… these are not easy things to do. What a lovely ending. 🙂
Thank you so much Lindsay 🙂
Loved the way you ended it Christine! 🙂💞
Thank you fo much Punam. I really appreciate it 🙂❤️
My pleasure always! 😊
My heart was pounding the further into your poem I read. Such a suspenseful weaving of story in these lines!
Thanks Jade. I do tend to write poetry like a story. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
I like the idea of shedding the memory to cleanse the spirit.
Thanks Frank! I’m happy you liked that 🙂
Sometimes our own survival depends on shedding a really bad relationship. Well done!
Thank you so much!! 🙂
I’m very glad she got out of his grasp… being the second woman to a violent man is perhaps better than being the wife to that man.
I guess you’re right about that one. Better odds! Thanks for reading 🙂
Good take on this prompt. Brought back memories of my former marriage – took so many years to realize that life was draining out of me.
Isn’t it amazing that we let people suck the life out of us, sometimes for years. I’m happy you got out of it. 😢
Yes, so am I.
From a very dark place….climbing out with sheer will and determination to a place of light. I hate the happenings in the beginning but love the hope and the final watershed moment. Possibility……….change…………may we wish it for all who are in situations you describe.
Thank you Lillian. I appreciate it very much. Yes, unfortunately, there are many out there in that situation. I hope they’ll find the strength to claw their way out. 😢
I like how you mix images of water and fire here, it creates a hellish sort of atmosphere.
Yes, those situations can be hell to those trapped in there. Thankfully she found her way out 🙂
She was lucky 🙂
This is a dark poem, Christine, and I can feel the man’s anger and madness in the opening stanza. I like that you have not gone into detail about the ‘baptism by fire’ and left it to the imagination. Sadly, this type of man knows how to draw women into his trap. But I am so glad she had a watershed moment and there is always hope.
Thank you Kim. I really appreciate it. In the end there’s always hope and she was strong enough to stop the madness.
Well done. So much strength.
Thank you Sascha 🙂
Great poem. Love the strength of your lady!
Thanks Sadje. Yes she has to be strong or else she falls between the cracks 🤞🙂💕
Love it. We, the women have to be strong.
Absolutely! Women will make the difference
I really enjoyed. I can relate as well. 🙂
Thanks Jay-Lyn Hope you have good day 🙂💕.
Thank you. You as well. 🙂
This is dark and threatening Christine, but it ends in light… well expressed.
Thanks Rob. I love the light at the end of a tunnel 🙂
a very healing poem, Christine.💕
Thank you my friend 💕🙂
Immersive, brilliant verse
Thanks Tony! I really appreciate it 🙂