Abandonment

I tried to write a poem to prove to you I could.
But time and distance got in my way.

I tried to write the perfect prose to demonstrate my skill.
But the memory of standing before a rose-covered coffin
Left me silent and enraged!

Isn’t it odd how time and distance distort what we perceive?
Warping sad memories, blackening our feelings
Where our unworthiness dwells.

It is not a type of weakness when we broken do not overcome.
Or some self-imposed prison of us seeking innocence lost and gone.
I suppose it is latent forgiveness that stays this poet’s pen.

And I fall to my knees, bowing my head,
Seeking God’s Grace again.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Marozas Avatar
April 30, 2022 at 1:19 PM
Thank you for your kind words and compassion. I have written my way through my own recovery from a childhood full of torment and shame. Praise God that I was never alone throughout it.
Barry-Nishanian Avatar
April 25, 2022 at 10:03 PM
Mary Kate, I just wanted to gather you in my arms. God's comfort sustains us all. If this is a poem or reality, it is so well penned.
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