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Kathy
Member

since 2006-02-10

Posts 153

0 posted 2006-03-30 01:36 AM

Like a captured moon that has lost it's spin
destined to stare that eternal gaze, that one face forever
fixed upon the captor planet...

Paralyzed

by the unrelenting gravity of your charm,
I was caught; caught and held -
One-sided love.

Not the quick, more merciful loss of integrity.
No not "love at first sight."
It was "love at second sight" - far more powerful,
far more cruel.

"That" love stalks the soul,

then, almost as an afterthought,
when the heart has lowered it's defenses,
mind reeling from some recent bout of inconsistantitis,
the trap springs closed,
jaws bite deep into the soul, and hold -
One-sided love.

Damn!
As if there's not enough pain and suffering in the world:
The hordes of depraved children;
wanting...un-wanted -
loving... un-loved.
That marching mass of madness, society; what a cruel joke!
But for them, at least there may be hope.

For children are resourceful, sometimes, the world yields to
them.
And the masses... well, there's always the possibility of
tomorrow, and with tomorrow; change.
Occasionally there is even a change for the better.

But for me?

Caught up in this twisted maelstrom,
there will be no relief.
My fate is sealed:
For there is no escaping -
One-sided love.

bubblesleave
Member

since 2006-03-04

Posts 197
Bloomington, IN

1 posted 2006-03-30 02:08 AM

Oh, what have we here?

A Jewel!!!!!!!

GREAT JOB KATHY!

terasinas
Member

since 2006-03-24

Posts 91
Michigan ... The Great Lakes

2 posted 2006-03-30 02:35 AM

Awwww, very well done kath .. like your style. Starve us, beat us, neglect us ... but a broken heart, well all else ceases to matter when that is injured and the hardest to recover from too. Here's to all broken hearts, that they may be healed! Good one

tera

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2006-03-30 03:04 PM

Kathy, it takes a long time for the scars of
a broken heart to heal.

Good writing.
Hugs,
Ethel

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

4 posted 2006-03-30 04:23 PM

"Not the quick, more merciful loss of integrity.
No not "love at first sight."
It was "love at second sight" - far more powerful,
far more cruel."

Ahhh Kathy... and you said you weren't a wordsmith. What would you call this?

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2006-03-30 04:58 PM

Full of the insight that would have served you so well before the deed. I feel for you in your pain. However, I believe you can beat the odds and find happiness within the bonds and bounds of your situation. Wishing you warmth, comfort, strength and wisdom.

- Owl

Kathy
Member

since 2006-02-10

Posts 153

6 posted 2006-03-31 12:45 PM

Thanks all...and a most special thanks to Owl, for your words regarding this post...they touch me deeply....stinging my heart.

Hugs all,
Kathy

Klassy Lassy
Member Elite

since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

7 posted 2006-03-31 01:17 AM

When poems come from the heart, they move the spirit, when they come from a broken heart, they haunt like spectres and shadows. I wish the pain were as easy to banish, but a broken heart will cherish it. A very strong poem, Kathy!

Hugs,
Karen

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

8 posted 2006-03-31 07:54 AM

I have to agree with the poets here, Kathy.
Very insightful, full of emotion.

And very well written.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

9 posted 2006-03-31 09:16 AM

But for me?

Caught up in this twisted maelstrom,
there will be no relief.
My fate is sealed:
For there is no escaping -
One-sided love.

you expressed this well...I have had many thoughts like this over the last so many years...

children seem to bounce back from adversity and pain...
maybe we are meant to suffer just so when we have something wonderful we will know it.

M

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

10 posted 2006-04-01 09:14 AM

Wow Kathy! Powerful write!

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