Lessons In Fencing

We move around each other 

like swordsmen. 

Stabbing in, lightning quick, 

for the vein, 

then wincing when we see the blood 

we have drawn. 

Helpless to move out of the circle 

we're trapped in, while 

lashing out in frustration 

because the bonds chafe. 

I want to turn and walk away, 

concede the battle, but I am held too strongly 

by these chains 

(as are you) 

to drop my foil 

and quit you from my life

Reviews

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

http://www.writerscafe.org/contests/Prose-and-
Poetic-Athletics/50031/ You should check this out, since fencing imagery is rampant here

[Wildfleour]

Very poignant and powerful message. Even when we know we should walk away, it is often so difficult because we are emotionally bound to the person, as well. But walk away we must.

[JustWantLove]

Potently fulfilling and Seriously captivating.