The Cycle

by Weeping Willow   Mar 19, 2022


I hope you can stand up to her
Like I always wanted to

I wish you could put her in her place
Where she belongs

Please tell her no for all the times
I wrongfully answered yes
In favor of peace
Instead of protest

Don’t feed into the narrative
I created in her mind
That labeled her divine
Because my no’s turned into
Yes’s and choked me
With vines.

Do not take bricks from your foundation
To create decorative spires on her
Monument
Shingles from your leaking roof
To patch her insecurities
Place no roses at her feet
To mask the stench of her
Festering narcissism

Please don’t love her
Like I did
To the point of your own
Downfall

Break the cycle
Now and for all

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  • 2 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Happy to see this win, congrats! I think the strongest aspect of this piece was taking the phrase "breaking the cycle" and giving it even more emotion and meaning. My favorite part was the idea of someone taking bricks from their own foundation and using it for someone else. Like the statement of how we cannot help tend to others if we don't tend to ourselves first. I also liked the significance of how detrimental it can be to be persuaded to say "yes", or to build up a false image of someone in our mind, so that we are filled with guilt and a thousand other things if we stand up for ourselves or find the courage to say "no". You're calling for a great balance here, and a caution, and I felt that emotion especially in the lines of "Please don't love her like I did / To the point of your own downfall".

    Really powerful work!

    • 2 years ago

      by Weeping Willow

      Thank you so much as always for such amazing and thoughtful reviews. This is the first thing I’ve ever won. So exciting! I’m so glad it came across on paper the same way it felt in my heart. Thanks again! Hope all is well with you.

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