Around The Block

Just some thoughts....

 

I’ve been around the bock

A time or two in my life

Seen things

Said words

Hurt and cried

But it always comes back

To just a sad little girl

Hidden away behind

Blue eyes

That see too much

Hidden behind a smartass mouth

That gets me into more trouble

Then it ever got me out of

Hurled accusations

Swung fists

Kissed a man

I didn’t really want to know

A man who lied

Just to steal my innocence

Never realizing

It was long gone

By the way side

Of the road I traveled

Around this block

A time or two.

Maybe one day soon

I’ll find it again

In a far off place

I create in dreams

Written out on paper

Lined in tears

And sweat from the pain

Of traveling

Down a road

No one knows better

Then the ones

Walking with me

Those who bleed

Just to feel pain

To know they are alive

Not yet dead

In the ditch

On this corner

Of the block.

Reviews

[Salvatore Buttaci]

This is the kind of poetry I love: totally honest, free of unnecessary words, direct and filled with powerful rhythms.

[Kelley]

I create in dreams......sums up life for a writer doesn't it.
I like how you take us along for the ride around your block.
This was heart breaking at times, but it did leave some hope
for a brighter day.

Thanks for sharing a wonderful write Beth.

Kelley

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Very interesting. At the age of 61, I too have around and around that old block that we call life

[Sel Whiteley]

What an emphasis on life and quality of life. You start of by showing that you've been around the block, then you show your empathy for all those who have been the same: 'those who bleed/just to feel pain/to know they are alive.' I adored the lines:

I didn't really want to know
A man who lied
Just to steal my innocence
Never realizing
It was long gone
By the way side
Of the road I traveled
Around this block
A time or two.

You really capture the idea of the corrupt, cheating, scheming man, but then you show what the pathos of your life has been already and what innocence you've already lost. It's such a powerful, emotive poem.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I have been around that block a few times myself... great self reflection as you come to terms with the past and realize you are human and you still have so much to give.