what are you afraid of?

a question

If you feel her
push and pull
it is the ebb
and flow as
her mind adjusts
to new realities ...

what are you afraid of?

she fears the distance
she fears the pain,
she fears throwing her heart
back in the blender
once again --

love me tender,
hurts so sweet,

she fears the future,
she fears the past,
she fears losing him once more,
because she can't scrape up the bits of her
that landed on the floor ...

Author's Note

Reviews

[aLittlePain]

'love me tender,
hurts so sweet' ...stellar lines, that fear is hard to get over sometimes, we throw up walls. R xo

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for the lovely review.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

fear just absolutely paralyzes us sometimes...

we are just too scared to give into the feelings again.

[Lyn Anderson]

So true thank you as always

[Delmar Cooper]

Another keeper from our lady of the north, good work.

[Lyn Anderson]

Wow, that almost sounds biblical.:)

[AprilRN1210]

oh boy, how I can relate to this one!!! I love the flow and powerful lines that tug on the heart... I also love this song by the way...

"loves me tender/hurts so sweet"... girl you got me with those lines... oh yes!!

the ending also packs an emotional punch through vivid imagery... wheeeew... this one hit me..... awesome piece... raw, powerful, and real...

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much, and yes, the heart in a blender got me from the first time I heard this song.

[AprilRN1210]

you're welcome... and yes.. know that line well..

[ANM]

Life always goes on as humans we have that capacity...negatives into positives! Well writen!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much

[ANM]

You are very welcome.

[Matching Socks]

I guess you already know the answer lovely lady...
It's the overcoming that needs to be worked on. xx

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes of course

[R Smith]

get out of that blender and turn fear to positivity, this will create great work and given what I just read i'd say you jumped out and scraped all those bits back together again bravo.....looks like I breached your wall, got past the guard dogs and cut the alarm system, so now i'm in and reading at will, well you did ask hehe.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha, thanks, I appreciate it.

[MomzillaNC]

"Love me tender,"
"Hurts so sweet,"

Stunning and absolutely gorgeous lines. You perfectly captured the bittersweet hope of a timid heart too often brought down to pain.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much, I appreciate that.

[MomzillaNC]

You're very welcome.

[Frieda P]

Be very afraid, since love is the one thing that can swallow us whole, but then again it's so worth it when it all comes together. Sorry the heart in the blender made me think of that gremlin scene, messy stuff.

[Lyn Anderson]

Damned rights messy stuff indeed. Just wait till you read the next one ...

[Frieda P]

Still at work, trying to get as much in as I can with small snippets of time, I'l be back....