Watershed Moment

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Watershed Moment

Wearing his anger
Drinking his madness
Slowly drowning
Clawing for breath
Disappearing into blackness
 
Baptism by fire
He had drawn her into his trap
Willingly she had gone
High on the ride
Then it hit her like a thunderclap 
 
Her life blood slowly drained
by his negativity
Escape was out of her grasp 
Until that watershed moment
When she saw possibility
 
Retrieving her life
Piece by piece
Taking a different path
No longer his concubine
It was her only release
 
She shed the last remnants
of the painful memory 
This one final action
Leaving her cleansed and shaken
Her spirit no longer in jeopardy
 
 
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©

In response to D'Verse Poets Prompt - Using 'Shed' as a noun and a verb

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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

38 thoughts on “Watershed Moment”

  7. 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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    1. Thank you Kim. I really appreciate it. In the end there’s always hope and she was strong enough to stop the madness.

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    1. Yes, those situations can be hell to those trapped in there. Thankfully she found her way out 🙂

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  9. 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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    1. 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. 😢

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    1. 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. 😢

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