Change

I saw the change and turned the cheek to it.  
I knew the pain you felt and ignored it all.
For I wish not to be bother by anything but me.
This selfish self I have become is all to me.
Imagine is all that I have now.
This empty shell that once was me.  
Gone from sight all the care I once felt.
I banished it to regions I no longer acknowledge.
You burnt all that I once was by the action taken.
Yet I fail to blame you.  
For I saw what you had become and did nothing.
I allowed myself to go down a path I knew nothing about.
This stance I am in is that of my own mess.
Bits of me is left and no longer can be repaired.
To far gone is all that is left.  
I did nothing to stop this journey and now I pay the price.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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August 29, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Good morning Donna and thank you for sharing this amazing poem with us. Love, Carol
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