‘Sick To The Stomach’

The sickening sensations of love of one kind🌹

Sick To The Stomach:

The tangled
Knot
A spasmed
Clot

Of what
I’ve got
Or
What
I’ve not-

It’s squeezed
It’s taught
Confused in
Thought-
With wrath
It’s laid to
Lie

Deep sickening
Of what this
World brings

The choices
Bearing voices
On my heart
It rings-
Desperately
Sings
Or
Screams

Is it the
Stealer
Of my dreams

So

It seems-

Is it too much
To ask
Remove me from
The complicated
Bask within this task

I did not ask
To feel -
I know what’s
Real

Their part
To play
Come what may
All have their day
There will be a way-

Can cause dismay

Please you cannot
Afford to go astray

Like pieces of paper
Scrunched and scribbled
Sickness without sound
Emotions flying around

Butterflies without
Wings
My heart
It stings

Throw open your
Heart
Return to the start
Choose what you
Were so afraid
To lose

It’s all an important
Part to completing
The heart
Otherwise it’s
Bruised and falling
Apart-

Choose what’s real and true
Begin to love you

It’s only then
You’ll meet your biggest
Most treasured freind

And the sinking sickness
Will rise upon the tide
Of true love-
Take the cover off
The deepest part
Of your heart-
Reveal the true you
Trust in knowing
It’s the best to do

Return from lost
At any cost-
It’s just waiting to
Be found

In the stomach
So sick
There lies the trick
To becoming
In tune -

Let love rise
Like a
Hot
Air balloon.

Kelly Fagelund-Gjersoe
12 March 2018

Reviews

[emmajoy]

' Let love rise ~ Like a hot Air balloon. '

Yes, yes, and yes! Your entire poem from start to finish, yearns the right of love, the pain of it, the marks it leaves in searching. Yet, in spite of that you use - albeit gulped - phrases that paint a more than complete canvas.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Thankyou so kind of you - in the search and waiting there’s many lessons and emotions experienced- but when it rises to unreachable heights then it was worth the wait- I appreciate your time 🌹

[barleygirl]

Before I forget: 3rd stanza, 2nd line -- I wonder if you mean "taut" instead of "taught"??
I like the way you use the title line to describe a relationship or a love feeling in terms that are unusual & original. About the middle, I was thinking -- it would be nice to see "sick to the stomach" imagery used a little more, but then toward the end, I see that you did just that. Good job of conveying the way it feels when past experiences conjure fear like nausea, with tons of strong imagery (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Thankyou for your in-depth read and comment- intense feelingvthatvof sick to the stomach- I appreciate your time thankyou🌹

[Travis Gibson (poetic h..]

Loved the wordplay of this piece... learning to love again after being hurt is beyond difficult, letting go of the hurt is even more so. Great write!

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Yes love is not any easy thing but being in love is magical - Thankyou for your review - much appreciated🌹

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

That it is.

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Your flow and style lends itself well to the chaos that love does bring to our lives. I don't think there is any other emotional state that can give us as many highs and despairing lows just like love can.

I enjoyed this write for its truth, its flow of rhyme and overlapping images. You have a unique style of rhyming free verse. Nicely conceived and constructed.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Thankyou for your time and kindness I appreciate🌹

[Richard McLin]

Butterflies without
Wings
My heart
It stings

You never fail to impress. Another great piece, great job.
-Richard

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Thankyou kindly - I’m so glad you found words to touch your soul, Thankyou 🌹

[Coyote Poetry]

The best feeling to know.
"Let love rise
Like a
Hot
Air balloon."
To be crazy in love. I believe is our first love and our last love. Thank you dear Kelly for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

It takes all that’s inbetween to make the heart ready for the end result- I thank you for your thoughts🌹

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

The right true love will be an endless love - not the last or the end as it grows stronger and more powerful each day🌹

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Kelly. Can't stop love or a hurricane.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"i chase the bright elusive butterfly of love" (bob lind)

and i am reminded of marriages gone bad...and that constant tightness in the stomach---we have no control...takes over the heart, mind and body---until it's over and we can breathe again.

j.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

So true- we need to just push through and know all shall be well and just as it should be and never give up never stop believing that good things come to those who wait- Thankyou for your time and understanding🌹

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Thankyou for the song it’s just beautiful - beautiful words so soft and the beauty of the elusive love and butterfly tryingbto be found🌹

[Karmee]

wow a long write, but well worth the read. enjoyed this

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

I’m so glad you thought so- Thankyou for your time 🌹appreciate it🌹

[Karmee]

not a problem