I live

Being knocked down does not mean you should stay down

     I LIVE

I live with my scars,
A poignant reminder of the pain you have wrought,
In the name of love you tore me to shreds
With every precise incision you rendered me broken.
Punishment for daring to fly to close to the sun.

I live with my distrust,
Because it is my armour,
In a world that is rife with thorns,
I was so young to learn ,
Exactly what a smile could hide.

 

I live with my regrets,
That were sired by your betrayal,
Regret that I was'nt wiser,
Regret that i didn't percieve your smile as a guise,
Before I followed you blindly to be burnt at the stake.

 

I live proudly with my triumph,
Over your relentless need to break me,
I soar high now basking in the sun,

Too thick skinned to be scorched,
Too much older to ever be that naive again.
                                  by  vidya

Author's Note

Every life experience serves to teach us something.It is up to us if we learn from them.

Reviews

[Neon]

Yup! Your right, every-thing teaches us a new and new lesson of the life whether with the worst time or the good but it's foresure that everything what time brings in life is what that helps us in future dealing with the situations right... because every second brings happiness and the funniest thing is that it also brings the sadness too so, it's all on us how we deal with it and live with it, accept it in our life to live the life with peace because "peace is not what that comes easily in everyone's life, it takes time and times takes moments and moments brings memories and the memories always make life."

This write's, am damn sure, comes out from your real life, I can feel the feelings of yours that's transformed into the words. I hope everything's cool there. It's seemed you've passed through much pain and regrets in your life because such kinda pieces only those one can write who come passed through such kinda worst situations.


May God bless you!

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are wise my friend.I did go through some bad stuff but I came out stronger for it.Thank you much:)

[Neon]

The pleasure's mine, yeah, I knew that, because I can feel the pain of the angels through their expressions, through the depth of their words. So, are you ok now?

[Vidya Bacchus]

Yeah I am real good now thanks for asking:)

[Neon]

Great!
It's my honor to ask your well or not because keep angels happy ever is "Neon's" first priority.
Don't ya know??

[Vidya Bacchus]

Yeah yeah I know for sure :)

[justjenn_2u]

Words mirroring insecurity that rises to strength. I respect your showing of inner, toiled emotions. I could relate to this and I look forward to reading more of your work.

[Vidya Bacchus]

Oh thank you so much!!!!

[Dhaye]

We really learn from our mistakes, that's it. Oftentimes, when we got hurt, we blame people and we regret for something we have done. But we must remember that through those mistakes we learn and we become wiser and stronger. Every mistake is a teacher that teaches us a lesson...

Thank you for this remarkable piece, Vidya.

[Vidya Bacchus]

Thnk you very much Dhaye your words mean a lot:)

[Dhaye]

You're welcome.

[Saddam]

living with scars is very big scar. And you are a such a dareful to express them with your pen. I feel very attached.

[Vidya Bacchus]

Thank youvery much Ssadd :P

[Saddam]

thanks alot.

[Pushkar Prabhat]

I live with my distrust,
Because it is my armour,
In a world that is rife with thorns,
I was so young to learn ,
Exactly what a smile could hide.

Beautiful.......
I could relate to this poem especially these lines.
Great work!
:)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Thank you much my friend:)

[Laura Harrison]

Wow! Such a powerful poem! Adding this to my favorites :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Thank you Laura:)

[Michelle N. H.]

Your words are rich in maturity and pride through personal triumph. Headstrong piece of poetry.

[Vidya Bacchus]

Thank you Michelle always nice to hear from you:)

[Michelle N. H.]

It's a pleasure for me too :) I hope you entered the New Year well.

[Vidya Bacchus]

I did thank you but my muse has fled maybe she will return soon lol.Hope you have a wonderful 2014:)

[Michelle N. H.]

Hah, it ought to happen sometimes. Thank you, V. I wish the same for you :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

...............:)

[Raymond Federle]

Very nice. Reminds me of me..... :)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Thank you Raymond :)

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Wow I feel I learned a great deal here:) Some pains we live with and sometimes we get burned, But we stand in a victory cause we learned from some dumb foolish mistake . It easy to mess up. But the mess can be divine in the end:)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Well said Jonathan thank you for the kind words :)

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Smilesssssssssssssss it was my pleasure but I thank you:)

[ZeniaK]

I love the last stanza the most, because it brings hope. I think it says that, regardless of scars, distrust, and regrets, you can still triumph, which is what I liked the most. Wonderful write!

[Vidya Bacchus]

Thank you very much:)

[Chris Rampersad]

Hahaha. Yeah I agree u thick skinned like ah dinosaur. Great description of uself now I know why u does look that way.

[Vidya Bacchus]

Shut up jerk lol:)