See You In The Light

If you are a broken person, heal yourself before inviting someone into your life. No one needs to be cut by your jagged edges. No one can love you whole again. You need to fix yourself.

This is the end I wish I could forget -

the rejection, the loss, what used to be,

the memories, the years filled with regret,

and the shadows that forever haunt me.

I loved you more than I thought was able.

You loved me less so you had to pretend.

Your wounds were deep and irreparable.

Once a tree has fallen, it does not mend.

 

I gave you my smiles, my hopes, and my heart.

Every word spoken was honest and true.

No time, no distance could keep us apart.

I travelled far and further to see you.

I always believed, held tight to my dreams,

but a broken arrow has never flown.

I always loved you to greater extremes,

but your heart was hardened and turned to stone.

 

I held you within for so many years.

I closed my eyes to remember your face.

Your words still linger, your touch reappears,

but her memory has taken my place.

She splintered your soul into bitter reeds.

Your house was saturated with the rain.

I could never remove her ghost, your needs,

the lockheartedness of anger and pain.

 

You made me the villain of your story,

but you have to sleep with the truth at night.

God knows your soul and brandishes glory.

The truth and I will see you in the light.

Paint me in crimson with black in my veins.

Make me a lighthouse whose lamp has grown dark.

Call me whatever and gather your gains.

Be like a dog and continue to bark.

 

My eyes have been opened within the mud,

no longer blinded by innocent trust.

My truth is my love, and love is my blood

till it mingles with space and time and dust.

I always adored you, thirsted for you,

thought you were more than you could ever be.

The mistake was mine like the sky is blue,

like it has now fallen inside of me.

 

You had no intent to make me your wife.

You took advantage of my love for you.

“If it kills me, we will have a good life.”

Your words were hollow, deceitful, untrue.

You stepped on your cat and broke his poor leg.

You had no money, savings, nor credit.

You never once had to ask, plead, or beg.

Your vain ego, I happily fed it.

 

Your promise to pay was so commonplace.

A liar feels nothing, no guilt, no shame.

A bum is a bum; he wears a proud face.

He looks just like you and shares the same name.

A lien on your wages has cost me more.

I received nothing, not one red penny.

I will move on, and you will remain poor.

I will find love while you won’t have any.

 

So, you love the one who hurt you the most,

who broke everything in a thousand ways,

who possesses your soul like a pale ghost

until the end of your very last days.

I have given enough; I have no more.

I cast a stone into the bed of night.

Never call me; never knock at my door.

The truth and I will see you in the light.

Author's Note

For DWG, Jr. Maybe one day you will be the man that you profess to be.

Reviews

[Cassie]

This is sad, unfortunately life has many takers and not givers. If we find the one who gives then we are blessed

[John the Baptist]

The more intense the love, the greater the pain when things go south. The speaker here is apparently addressing an unfaithful, manipulative lover who is no longer in the picture. In addition to the supportive love he received, there was also financial support. Also, he apparently continued to be involved, at least emotionally, with a previous partner. Betrayal is never easy to bear, but hopefully the pain will not continue to erode the speaker's soul.

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Linda Marie… when you love someone so much… you never forget… you do
Gain a sense of understanding that most people have been hurt in past relationships… so we can only look at them in the Light and realize that Life is a Dream… and when we Wake… we know that a broken Heart still feels the need for understanding. tenderly, Pat

[Lydia Shutter]

In life, there are those who take and those who give. There is always one in a relationship who loves more than another. The thing is, healing is an inside job. No one can heal you or change you. Only you can do that yourself. The deceitful words, the emotional abuse, the pain....it needs to be healed before you can move forward. Do not let someone who has hurt you rent space in your brain or your heart. The rhyming in this poem is super...and the words flow easily. Great work. Lydi**

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Never fear. It was a lessoned learned. He didn't break me. He just opened my eyes - WIDE! Never again. Never. Again.

[Lydia Shutter]

If we learn, we win!

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A sad tale, well rhymed, and obviously one close to the heart.

A friend once told me that in any pairing, "there is always a b*****d and one who tries like a b*****d to make it work." Most often the b*****d defeats the pairing and the other half is left defeated and deflated. Many shall relate to your words here. The world is full of givers and the takers who lead them to heartache and ruin.

Your defiance and understanding really comes out as the poem reaches its conclusion; an epiphany for the mind and heart perhaps.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Love overrules logic until logic kicks you in the rear. It's just another steppingstone in life. He was lucky to have my love, and he will never find it again. His loss. I am the one that got away, thankfully.

[willweb]

I could definitely feel this. The sadness, the missing, the heartbreak and then the anger. In that order and it was not a great feeling at all. Though, your poem was, I found it to be sincere and heartfelt, even when angry the love she held was evident. I just know somewhat how that feels. Thank you for sharing this.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Thank you. I hate to think that anyone relates to this, but I know that everyone does. The characters are different, but the heartbreak is the same. Wherever there's a giver, there is always a taker. Sad!

[willweb]

It is sad but something I believe most can overcome if they take the time to see the beauty in themselves.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Very true. The key is not letting someone else's actions undermine the value of who you are.