Where Do We Go From Here?

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Now the love has gone 
and open wounds will not heal
Wanting to move on
but paralyzed limbs
are planted in stone
 
Neither wanting to make a decision
Who will go first
to choose freedom?
Is that what it will be? Free from each other?
Did we try hard enough, if at all?
 
Too in love to let it go
and break the tie that binds
Who is fooling who?
The love is missing
What magnetic force is in play?
 
Is it time to rip off the Band Aid
we plastered on the cuts and bruises
from angry words weaponized?
Time to stop kissing better
those things that won’t ever?
 
I will mourn each day
Because he is gone
You are now living in his body
But you are not him
You are a shadow of who he once was
 
You look like him
But you are someone else
A person I don’t know
A stranger in my midst
who sees someone else
when he looks at me
 
Where do we go from here?

 
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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

30 thoughts on “Where Do We Go From Here?”

    1. Oh I hadn’t heard this before! Same title too. Thanks for sharing with me Kim. ☺️

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  5. OMG Christine! This is such an awesome and raw post. Moving and sadly bittersweet! Written by one who has lived this or has a Master’s genius at capturing the life of another perfectly!! Bellissimo, Christine Bellissimo!!
    I’m hoping this is your fantastic creative ability and not autobiographical??
    Chuck
    💕💖🌹🌹

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    1. Thank you dear Chuck. ☺️💕🌺 You are so kind. Most of what I write has some of me in there otherwise it would not be authentic ☺️
      Sadly, many out there have experienced the same.

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    1. Thanks Ingrid. Many of us have been there. It is so sad when it happens and you just don’t know what to first. 😢😩

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  7. An oft-told tale. So hard to know when to keep trying and when to escape the constant yo-yo angst!

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    1. That is so true Bev. I think the disbelief that is actually happening to you is paralyzing.

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  10. “You are now living in his body
    But you are not him”
    …
    “who sees someone else
    when he looks at me”

    Painfully true and there is nothing left but pain to stay 😦

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  11. Oh Christine, this is so gorgeously poignant.. I have been there, and several times.. all I can say is .. it’s not easy to cope knowing the person whom we once loved so deeply is but a mere shadow or less.. that remains.. sometimes, we have to kiss a few frogs .. before finding the one that clicks.. that connects. 💝💝

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    1. Thank you dear Sanaa for your heartfelt comment. Yes, I can see this poem resonated with many readers. Life and love can be glorious at times and yet so agonizing at others. ☺️😢💕🌺

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    1. Thank you for your kind words. ☺️🌺 Unfortunately it resonates with many who are left wondering what went wrong. I wish you well and hope you can find your way to a better place ❤️ Come visit again any time.

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