When the darkness descended in 1982, this one came out of the gloom. a repost


Grounds for divorce by M.A.Meddings

Grounds For Divorce

Private incantations and regrets.


If only you had seen the love I had for you,
And I perhaps had even tried to love you,
There would not have been,the wounds that hurt us now,
Had I only seen the way you loved me.

Had it been so clear your drift away from me,
And I had just remotely tried to stop you,
There would not have been the man that you love now,
Had I only been the man you wanted.

If only I had seen the monster I'd become,
Had I even heard you say ' I'm leaving',
There would not have been the pain that we have now,
Had I only seen the change in me.

When finally I saw the love you had for him,
How I would have turned back the years,
There would not be, the torture I have now,
If only you could love me like you did.

How I wished this could end, the way that we came in,
a magic that we found long ago,
You would have no need to leave me as you did,
And I would never cry to see you go.

You could not believe, the way a heart could bleed,
If only you had felt how deep the wounds,
You would not have laughed, at me the way you did,
And you would even softly soothe the scars

And finally I've seen the devil at four o clock,
but you will never hear the tears I cried,
If only you had seen the scars across my eyes,
but you could never know the way I died.




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Written on 2006-06-01 at 10:18

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kath
I wish that hurting was a word no one had heard of ... but I guess that is not very clever ... still I wish ...

regards kath
2007-01-30


theo
Well, you know how to write passion. I can't say anything that's not already been said, so I'll just rate the poem and read it again.
2006-06-04


Teala
How deep and heartfelt..bravo!
2006-06-01


Alexander
You write with your heart and that is something i love. And you are an amazing poet. Well written my friend.

Alex
2006-06-01


Kathy Lockhart
you certainly spoke those words from your heart, but I could have spoke them as well. Just not in this most beautiful and poignant way. "if only," are such sad words. You brought tears to my eyes, Mike. Divorce is deeply cutting; it leaves brokeness, regret, and lonliness. However, it is what we do afterwards that counts. It is just being able to pick ourselves up and put the pieces back together again to make a whole person then moving forward into the future. This one was very "Up Close and Personal."
2006-06-01


Malin Johansson
Well I enjoy this repost because what I remember and can se it's a very good poem...
Love can be good and bad, and in this poem love is really hearbreaking....

Rgds your daugther
2006-06-01