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Leap of Faith

I took a leap of faith, into the unknown. To stay would have been my undoing. Not another moment could I endure, of my life with you...treated like a whore, a housekeeper, a slave, to your whims and moods. All unpaid. My mother's blessing came that very day, when she said we should split, go our separate ways. I had confessed how you had mistreated me, all down the years. She stood by me, emboldened me, to face down my fears. Off you go! Good riddance too! I'm trying not to hate you. Twenty three years of disrespect. Enough was enough, you were so inept at being a husband, or even a man. When I think of you now, I just say, "God damn!!"

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 12/15/2017 11:13:00 PM
Best wishes and congratulations on your win, Jean, another for this poem - keep up the great work! :-)
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Jean Murray
Date: 12/16/2017 1:21:00 AM
Always lovely to see you back again Greg and thank you.
Date: 9/2/2017 9:29:00 PM
Very powerful write, Jean, and I'm glad you're FREE! You are a survivor on many levels, and I love the honesty of this - blessings, my friend, and congrats on your win!
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Jean Murray
Date: 9/3/2017 1:17:00 AM
Thank you Greg. I write best when emotions are running high. This was written about five years ago. I don't get as emotional now him as I did then, so there is less to flow from my pen, thankfully.
Date: 11/24/2015 2:39:00 PM
Raw emotion. A very powerful poem.
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Jean Murray
Date: 11/24/2015 3:06:00 PM
Thank you so much. All my poems come from personal experience.

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