True Love (Should've been me)

by Christy Trenholm Schmall   Mar 18, 2006


Ninety Pounds riddles with
alcohol induced diabetes
Barely visible remains
of the one who
Kept me alive
The life in your eyes
When you angrily
Willed me back to
Mine
Violently shaking me into
Unwelcome Shrapneled thoughts
Of Future
Hurling Strength into my
Faded Jaded soul
Forcing my drugged bloodless
Heart to beat
Making me believe
The unbelievable
Waiting for the predictable
Justifiable slap
That never came
The determination
In your expression as
You flatly refused to let me go
Into that perpetual night
Razor sharp
Deadman's Curve
Turned Tables
Years later
Watching you slip
Into the same abyss
from which you set me free
I feel
It should've been me.

*For Steve*

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  • 17 years ago

    by Mr M

    Very well written i thought...

  • 18 years ago

    by Gary Jurechka

    I know how much this poem means to you.You have expressed it so well.The uniquie imagery and language is a teatament to your poetic abilty.But it is the emotion that truly shines through.We do owe the dead the living memory of all they were and all they meant to us.Never forget that.
    Gary J

  • 18 years ago

    by shobhana kumar

    This is simply amazing - very rarely do powerful emotions come together with such beautiful verse! what u have here is a true masterpiece. excellent.

    thank you very much for taking the time to read my work and your valuable comments.

    good luck and peace
    shobhana

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