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Almost Wholehearted
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Posts 20
Pgh, PA

0 posted 2015-09-02 08:36 PM


Don't believe it when they tell you
that Time
Heals all wounds

Because that isn't true

It's been years
and I'm still quite broken

Time may be a faithful and diligent master
But he's no one's nurse maid

With Time
My broken soul did set

But only into the jagged, crooked lines that were made
When it was first broke

And the only comfort Time has given
Is the knowledge that he won't ever let me go back

Even if I never move forward


© Copyright 2015 Almost Wholehearted - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2015-09-02 09:50 PM


Nope, I agree time does not heal old wounds, Almost Wholehearted. What time does is cause the hurt to dim enough that we can get on with our lives. But heal them? Not hardly.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
2 posted 2015-09-03 12:11 PM


enjoyed reading this...james
jjote
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since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada
3 posted 2015-09-05 11:32 AM


though you're still looking back, I think you have moved on..that takes courage and pure grit
jwesley
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since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas
4 posted 2015-09-05 11:53 AM


"And the only comfort Time has given
Is the knowledge that he won't ever let me go back"

Sometime Time is a whole lot smarter the we mere mortals are!!

j.

Almost Wholehearted
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Posts 20
Pgh, PA
5 posted 2015-09-05 01:31 PM


Thank you all so much!!!

AW

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted."  Brene Brown

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
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since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105
Watertown, NY
6 posted 2015-09-10 07:18 AM


I never believed the whole "time heals all." I enjoyed this...Thanx for sharing.

-Trina
...because the most powerful words in your life are "I might be wrong"...

Mary Ann
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since 2003-04-23
Posts 111

7 posted 2015-09-23 07:15 AM


You're right... time doesn't really heal...the pain lessens but it's always there.... beautifully written..
Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana
8 posted 2015-09-23 02:44 PM


To each of your own experiences, you are of course, quite right. Perhaps I feel differently because though my deepest wound occurred 15 years ago on May 8, 2000, the time from then to now has modified my thinking.

Time is the space between events and it has, for me, closed the wound thus healing it. Once closed (accepted), it could then be placed in highest priority in my old book of memories.


88's all.

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

Paula Finn
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since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546
missouri
9 posted 2015-09-23 11:48 PM


Wounds heal, that's just the way things are. But they all leave scars. And not all scars are visible. This is a thought provoking piece of work and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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