TORN

by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

STRAINING                                                          

            DESPARATELY                                                   

            FUTILELY                                                 

               TRYING TO HOLD ON                                                          

               BUT THE WINDS OF REALITY                                                     

               BLOW                                                       

               TOO HARD                                                         

               TOO STRONG                                                    

               THE TENSIONS ARE                                                 

               TOO GREAT                                                       

            PRESSURE                                                

                 DEMANDS RELEASE                                                          

                                                                       

            SUDDENLY                                                           

            SADLY                                                         

            GONE                                                          

            THE STRUGGLE ENDS

                                                           

            FREEDOM                                                 

                                                                       

            THE BOND IS BROKEN                                                           

            SWEPT AWAY IN A MOMENT                                                          

            ETCHED                                                     

               ON THE HEART                                                          

                  FOREVER                                                        

                                                                       

            ONLY REMNANTS REMAIN                                                  

            STRANDS OF EMOTION                                                         

               MEMORIES                                                       

            FROM A LIFE THAT WAS                                                      

               WOVEN TOGETHER                                                 

                                                                       

            TORN                                                           

               BY THE FORCES OF LIFE                                                   

                 ALWAYS AT WORK                                                 

            SELECTION                                                          

                        REJECTION                                              

                                    REPOSE                             

                                                                       

            CHANGING THE FACES WE SEE

 

Copyright © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm


                                                                                   

                                                                                 

           

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