#Heartbreak and Loss

Silver Linings

A poem written in 2020, looking back at a marriage whose damage I kept hidden. The silver lining was real; it simply never came from him.

numbers divided

five days ago i wrote to you wishing I’d hear from you three weeks ago you wrote to me but, one word will never do nine years ago we scened but once

If You Ever Wonder Why You Lost Me

If you ever wonder why you lost me All you have to do is remember The countless words I spilled for you Swept aside like autumn leaves Blown away like apple blossoms Discarded

"Be Good"

"Be good," And I am filled with confusion Singed with pain Filled with fear For what good Is implied in that allusion When your stain I hold so dear? I was

Scorpions

Give me a reason not to erase us from me, not to complete the job you are already doing so well. They drop bombs, here in the desert, where they harm no one

I'm Sorry, Darling...

I'm sorry, Darling, the light is fading, though the love does not wane I'm sorry, Darling, the world must go on, my life must go on, you must go

The Road To Giving Up

he’s just not that into you… It’s been a week since I’ve heard from you Sweet words of love Of tenderness he’s just not that into you… While men

Speaking In Tongues

I can’t even tell you. The truth Is that I do not have a choice On this planet But to quit But to be quiet Because I’ve said so many things

Lionheart

You might not want to look at me In the way that stole my heart, But he does. And he intends to steal my heart back, To place it back in my chest

Take Me

I am still yours Even if you will not take me. Meredith L. McGuire

Call Me Intensity

I am officially “That Crazy Girl,” “That Obsessive Girl,” “That Girl Who Will Not Let Go.” Everyone’s heard of me:  My boyfriend breaks up with me; I stalk him, I cannot let

Single

I am single. It really dawned on me this morning, having finally stepped from bed after a difficult night’s sleep and the email I received last night from someone I love, saying