Debriding my love

this just crept in

Necrotic tissue,
obscuring
the tender
parts of me
rendered
unusable
for years --

unable
to listen to a song
that drew water
from my eyes,

nor pain from
the tympanic
membranes
reverberating inside.

Debridement
was a
necessary procedure,
exposing pink,
and sloughing
off the rest
of you.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Very good poem and powerful emotion and thoughts in the words.
"unable
to listen to a song
that drew water
from my eyes,"
I do remember places and faces with song and similar places. Hard to block out. I felt the sadness and want to forget and move on. Thank you dear Poet for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for all the reviews.

[costa siwale]

an excellent piece, well written. i love this

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much for stopping in.

[Fran Marie]

This one cuts to the quick of the pain felt within...love Janice Joplin...perfect song for this piece

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much, yes, I thought so too ...

[Matching Socks]

Damn... You are so good at these gritty, honest, raw poems.
Nice one.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh yes, the act of letting go of a spouse who made us keep our real self hidden..."debridement"

i like that word...

jacob

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. It's a medical term, kind of icky, actually, but that's why it made my point. The inspiration comes from a recent case I worked on -- EWWW.

[Rene Salinas]

Ugh this is like a knife cutting through the tender emotional layers. Oh man there is no thick skin that could pretend not to be hurt. Them words are sharp , hot, hard to handle. Exposing pink? Oh my I'm one step away here from feeling a little emotinally queasy. But the song memories that make me want to reach and numb it all down.

Harrowing stuff this I couldn't read it with a straight face

Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, my friend, I am a very visual person, and with my medical background, sometimes these nasty clinical procedures seem to fit a feeling. Very much, it is like exposing new layers,
as the old is cast away. It hurts, but is necessary for healing. The reason I became so enraptured by rageful music is it kept me from crying when I thought I would break apart. I found myself singing and smiling to a really sappy country song the other day, like I used to when I was a kid. How far I have come from the person who would have turned that same song off a year ago.

[Rene Salinas]

Oh my ! KL god thanks for that.....