when the darkness descended this one came out of the gloom


Grounds for divorce



Grounds For Divorce
by M.A.Meddings
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.
The end.









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Written on 2005-11-11 at 22:49

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Kathy Lockhart
Yes, Mike, I read your pain, if felt familiar. You penned it so gracefully without the intentions of causing her pain but in the telling of yours and your regrets. Divorce is a death. But, thank God, we all can be resurrected! I am reborn each day, because I die each day. It's not a bad thing. It's a rejuvenating thing. Or, perhaps, a Kathy thing. Who knows? I'm just living it. Thanks for the support. Kathy
2006-04-11


Malin Johansson
This one was really powerfull... I really liked this poem...
The words If only makes this poem so strong...
AMASING POEM!!!
This one is bookmarked...
2006-04-02


John Ashleigh
Constructed with great brilliance.

Yet another good poem!
2005-11-12