While I sort through the temporal
you surrounded yourself with
I cry over spilt soda bleeding my heart.
My lips glued with anger
I smile as if nothing matters
except pansies and glass figurines.
Why doesn’t have an answer.
You were love, forgiveness and joy.
Today is too dark for sunshine.
With Ann Murray singing “You Needed Me”
I swallow the failure haunting me and
wonder if salt poured over wounds really heals.
©Susie Clevenger 2013
Today at Real Toads Lolamouse challenged us to write in the style of poet, Billy Collins. Accessible Poetry
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Thanks for play the Toads game today!
That line, "today is too dark for sunshine" says it all...
K
The irony of Ann Murray's "You Needed Me" is that she's not singing in the past tense; she's thanking someone for needing her NOW.
Lovely, sad, perfect. Amy
I missed your writing over the past weeks.
Kerry's 'Unspoken pain amidst everyday moments' sums up what I found.
Beautifully done of course.
interesting, i have often thought of salt/wounds and have written about it a few times, but it has never once occurred to me that there could be anything healing about that. only pain-causing. i hope it is healing, if you need it to be.