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joycerogers
Member

since 2001-05-16

Posts 83
Texas

0 posted 2001-05-17 05:33 PM

More bitter than the theft of death
Was the pain of our divorce.
Though my heart still yearns for you,
I did this with no remorse.

Our love departed into darkness,
Never to return again,
When you forsook your vows to me
With the woman who was my friend.

I stop trying to save my face,
As I pulled off my disguise.
Now everyone has known my pain,
By the hurt that dwells in my eyes.

You oppressed me with your accusations.
Yet, it was you who was cheating on me.
Your office became her place of refuge
And our bed only left me lonely.

Music took a split personality and
It played some painful reviews.
You and her played the rhythm and
I played them awful blues.

More bitter than the theft of death
Was the pain of our divorce.
Yet my life is finally being restored
Because God is renewing my course.

I did not search for a hopeful rebound
To lift me while I was down.
I was strengthen from the words of God
As I laid my face on His ground.

When it seemed as though I would never return
From the place of grief and sadness,
He removed the poison of your rejection
And replaced it with joy and gladness.

Oh I still have my painful moments,
But I tell you the sincere truth...
Pain always fade into the past
With the removal a rotten tooth.

I am relieving my soul of sadness.
I am removing my sack cloth and ashes.

My bitterness is passing.

[This message has been edited by joycerogers (edited 05-17-2001).]

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-05-17 05:36 PM

Oh, my heart is breaking here, Joyce, I sense this is from a personal experience, and you know these pages hold it all don't you. Writing helps, at least it has me. Take care.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-05-17 05:38 PM

Very heartfelt portrayal of the pain, anger, bitterness and finally the healing that permeates our lives as we experience the stress and the heartbreak of a divorce...James

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

3 posted 2001-05-17 06:19 PM

My, my, JR...you let it all hang out and did it very well too. Tickled to see you have a handle on it. Very well said.

jwesley

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2001-05-17 09:34 PM

it's just all too real. . .

well written. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

joycerogers
Member

since 2001-05-16

Posts 83
Texas

5 posted 2001-05-18 01:33 AM

Thank you all,

Actually Irish, it's not personal at all...been happily married to a faithful man for over 20 years. However, I have several friends who have been through this ugly scene of divorce. Many times I simply wear the shoes of another (Somewhere In This Body) for a moment in time, until the poem is finished. At other times, they are very personal indeed, like the poem:
Sometimes I Cry.

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