Wednesday 16 August 2017

The flood of tears


How could I not feel?
The deep anguish in her eyes
As I spoke those words

How could I not see?
The flood of tears on her cheeks
As we argued long

How could I walk out?
Without giving it a thought
From our house that night

Moon hid in the clouds
In the cold I walked alone
Regretting each word

Later I returned
Everything was in darkness
There was not a sound

She slept with the kids
With her arms around them both
It's my turn to weep

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18 comments:

  1. Oh! So sad, so wonderful how you made me see and feel this. May the narrator's tears be cleansing ones.

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  2. Aww.. anger and then regret.. that last image is so poignant.

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  3. What a touching poem! How often words spoken in anger come back to haunt us.

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  4. Tears of regret, hopefully will bring healing to the angry soul.

    Much love...

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  5. So sad, and good to read the awareness of the narrator.

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  6. so sad and very touching. Oh how we easily hurt the ones we love

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  7. This is so very heartfelt, Robin!

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  8. This really touched my heart Robin. I think we all can relate to regretting words spoken and the pain of hurting those we love.

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  9. I think everyone has been in a similar position. Such tender words, Robin.

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  10. This moment, so real, was brought alive to touch my heart.

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  11. We look back on our anger and cringe, we listen to ourselves spouting angry words and weep.

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  12. So eloquent and rich. Beautiful.

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  13. Anguish, anger and repentance...cycle of life, nicely put up.

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  14. This is so touching and so very relatable, Robin!

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  15. Some lessons are learned much too late in the game. I like how even the moon hid from sight.

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  16. Touching.
    People don't think and hurt their loved ones.
    Sometimes it's too late as regret can't change the fate...
    Hope he gets to express & beg for forgiveness when they wake up...

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