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Tara Simms
Senior Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

0 posted 1999-10-09 08:16 PM

Whirlpool

At what point
did my marriage
Turn into the
whirlpool
That threatens to
pull me under?

Can’t you see
that I’m in over my head?
I’ve been sucked in
And I can’t get out.

I’m drowning.
Going under for the third time
Won’t someone save me?

They say if you stop struggling
It’s the best way to die.
Just give in to the complacency
That they call life.
that’s all I have to do
to find the answer I’m searching for.
Give in
Give up.
So I do
And I welcome death.
Only she can bring me Peace.

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This was written during some dark times. It amazes me how far I've come in the past year.

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It matters not how strait the gate;
How charged with punishments the scroll;
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
--W.E. Henley
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Julie
Senior Member

since 1999-08-20

Posts 739
Houston, TX

1 posted 1999-10-09 08:36 PM

Beyond the darken stars lays daylight.

Well done Tara

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Julie
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Thou who has given so much to me,
give one thing more: a grateful heart.
>George Herbert

Tara Simms
Senior Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

2 posted 1999-10-09 11:53 PM

Thank God these days are long over for me! Thank you, Julie.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

3 posted 1999-10-10 01:27 AM

I'm glad to see better day for you Tara

Christopher

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

4 posted 1999-10-10 01:42 AM

Me too!
This is filled with such palpable despair that I wanted to find the nearest bridge!

Tara Simms
Senior Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

5 posted 1999-10-10 09:11 PM

Thanks, Christopher! That's the kind of despair and hopelessness that I wanted to get across.

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

6 posted 1999-10-10 09:31 PM

If I hadn't experienced this agony myself firsthand, I would still understand the pain just by reading this! Very well done, Tara.

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Denise

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