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I burn, with the edge of the forest,
Alight like embers, glowing bright.
I choke on the air, acrid and sharp,
Enveloping my being, diminishing sight.
I cry, in the loneliness,
A forlorn and forgotten face.
I escape, into the darkness,
It is always my saving grace.
It pounds, my head feels shattered,
Must they always take it out on me?
They laugh, my heart, in tatters,
This is not how I want life to be.
Turned away from the reality and madness,
I seek the truth in an often oddly way.
No one ever really understands me,
And so my soul, in totality, does decay.
Explain to me the reasons, perhaps,
Do you even know why you choose?
To scoff and belittle, torment and betray,
Unloving, you continue to abuse.
I shall no longer allow this, I can’t
It’s torn my body, limb from limb
I’ve allowed you too many chances,
The end result was always too grim.
Be gone, thy demon, take haste and depart
I must save what remains, of this empty, broken heart…
©2022 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
Love, in abundance, to you.
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True artistry is from the heart and soul, it implies that levels of you are light and being tormented! The wording is crying out for help! i find it hard to like these reflections, intensely powerful in emotion but showing such darkness! My like is to your writing not to the turmoil it portrays but none the less beautifully written!
you might need to un ☯ your world!
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Thanks so much for your comment. It was a very dark period in my life, but since returned to “normal”. My words are always true feelings. Thank you for picking up on that. 🙂
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I never check the date posted, i just see what catches my eye! Hope you find lighter levels, dark and brooding requires fireworks to defuse! It is hard to like negatives i see it as respect for mastery not liking of content!
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just wow! beautifully written
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Thank you so very much ☺️
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It hurts when the closest people take so much from us. Well written, Dorinda!
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Thanks so much, Susi ❤️
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You’re very welcome, dear! ❤
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Wow! So intense and powerful!! Loved the way you came out swinging at the end – I shall no longer allow this, I can’t!” I have missed you, My Dear!!! I know about life etc. Hope you have been well and safe!
I will share one of the very best pieces of advice I ever read from a most talented writer and Precious Friend – “Write More”!!! Ha! I’ve been doing my best, Dorinda, Honest! I just haven’t been publishing them so I have a large stock pile of “Virgin Poems”, There a special words to describe people like that!
My salvation on kick starting a poem so I have at least one thing written in a day is writing and Elfchen. You should try them I think you will like them. No restrictions like Haiku etc. except that it be 11 words in five lines and the last word can’t be the same as the first word.
Here is a great post by Celaine Charles My elfchen is #15
https://stepsinbetween.com/2020/02/02/youre-invited-elfchen-poetry-potluck/
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Thanks, Chuck. Sometimes you just have to let it all out. Where’s your book? I’m impatiently awaiting 😉
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Yes, you are so right about that! You have to be brave and step up on the soapbox!
Book? Oh, my book!! I started going through my poems and got carried away and at last count have a little over 600 poems that I’d like to publish and I think at that point I got a little overwhelmed. I’m looking to purchase Jutoh to get started editing and formatting. Please feel free to nudge/nag me!! It appears I need it.
https://www.jutoh.com/product.html
😊💕🌹🌹
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((( ❤ )))
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Thank you, Annette ❤️❤️
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Beautiful Dorinda just beautiful 💜
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Thanks so much, Willow 🥰
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Always a pleasure 💜
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Wow! Powerful stuff, Dorinda.
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Thanks so much, Richard. It’s been awhile since I’ve written. Wasn’t sure if I still had it 😉
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You did good. 🙂
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Reblogged this on About the Jez of It and commented:
Brilliant poem
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Thank you very much & thank you for the reblog! ❤️
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My pleasure
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