Cast Away
I am cast off, useless baggage
as I wait like a fixture
outside your door
discarded and ignored.
Oh, daggers of my agony!
I pose a threat
though I know not why
as I wait outside your door.
Am I seeing a dull, nameless puppet?
as I’m yanked and pulled
ripped and torn
as I wait outside your door.
For you hold the ace
our grandson!
the innocent one that I adore.
How you tease me
first you come
then pull away
for I cannot enter
your locked, blocked door.
Your house, too messy
Do Not Enter! plastered
outside your wretched door!
Still I wait, an unwanted relic
outside your impossible door.
Do I hear shouts? Curses?
My son and yourself
you, his wife!
Oh, the pestilence!
a daughter by his marriage
living inside that impenetrable door!
I am numb, washed all over
anesthetized, nothing
numb and ignored
waiting outside your deafening door!
My presence has created a war!
Jealousy is a demon that I abhor!
Pit of blackness, dirge of sorrows
more and more!
Weary laden, I turn
from your damning door
besotted and forlorn
as I whisper “nevermore”.
Written on 2/10/2018
Copyright © Laura Leiser | Year Posted 2018
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