These Years That I've Sacrificed for You

Bleh another free verse?

You pull me,

Then push me,

You grab me,

Then I fall.

You stumble,

You swear,

You growl,

My heart grows small.

You dig into me,

You kiss me,

You bruise me,

And I love it all.

You lie,

You leave,

You take me along.

But I fall.

So you leave me behind,

You let me drown in my tears,

Let me lay in the scattered dirt,

Left behind from long-gone years.

You don’t see me,

You won’t hold me,

But you said you love me,

So I’ll take it all.

You cut me,

You healed me,

You forget me,

When I fall.

Because you leave me behind,

Amongst the bare bones of your yesterday,

You turn my years into bad memories,

Of your mistaken ways and past days.

So I push you

Then pull you

Then grab you,

With no refrain,

I break you,

Then I tease you,

I make you,

All mine again.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[MIB]

This was an emotional run... I was feeling really sad until the end when it was all 'Get in there' sort of thing, turning the tables around, going from the used to the user... brilliant work, keep up the awesome work ;)

[ShadowWalker]

very good.... passionate to the point of being destructive. i like that... :)

[The old me]

amazing poem and very powerful words

[Coyote Poetry]

A wild love in this poem. Felt like a power struggle to see who would win. Being young allow you to test your mate and keep them guessing. Old folks are slow and don't like to be pushed. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[J Todd Underhill]

A Mighty fine piece here, should be done as a spoken word art piece. I like what I read aloud, should probably record this and post it where it can be heard.

[Alana McGuire]

I agree with Moflo, this would be really great to hear spoken. I love the emotion and how well it flowed for having such short lines. You definitely impressed me with this. :) And during parts of it, it reminded me of the song My Immortal by Evanescence, which is amazing!

[Moflo]

I think this would be a great spoken piece, it has a nice rhythm and a very nice pace. Good job.