Well, Allow Me to Retort!

I'd never say I am the universe's
ultimate source on the inner workings
of the heart, of the emotion and the
hormones and the intangible bond
that possesses us and drives us,
But personally----

I am not driven by silence
to love.
I am not inspired by
negligence.
I am not tolerant
of being forgotten.
I find love in
tenderness,
not in doors
being slammed in my
face--
or on my fingers.

This feeling I have now
is not like a new
fresh bleeding wound--
it's a burning infection
I've tried to ignore
or forget
for years. But
the third time
around--
and I'd never expect it--
is a medley
of "I told you so"
and "Never again."
A song of defeat.
Anger
versus
submission.

I seek progress
not to be hurtled
back down the
mountain
that I've been
struggling
to ascend--

October 16, 2007

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