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Holding Back Tears

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you raped my soul with just one word                                
and left behind a big black hole  
I was consumed with fast revenge 
with just one word you raped my soul 


your planet girl from sixty nine        
raided in the dark of night    
while stars blinked hard then fast       
from sixty nine, your planet girl    
  
you fast ignored my age my youth 
and trampled on my private room    
sledgehammered, old, and fraught 
my age my youth, you fast ignored   

I did not shed a single tear    
dry boned and tired too   
a stone replaced my tender heart  
a single tear, I did not shed.     


Aug. 13, 2021 
For Edward Ibeh's This Or That, Vol 5 Poetry Contest
Title chosen: Holding Back Tears

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Edward Ibeh

Date: 8/20/2021 8:37:00 AM

A gut-wrenching, amazing piece, Mystic! Congratulations on your winning my contest!

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 8/14/2021 8:43:00 PM

So powerful, what a painful experience, it can turn a heart to stone, reads like a contender to me~

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 8/14/2021 6:40:00 AM

WOW. So sad and profound. God bless you with a win. Love, Gina

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 8/14/2021 5:12:00 AM

"a stone replaced my tender heart/ a single tear, I did not shed" - these lines moved me - if not the same, I felt this same emotion at some point in my youth. I wrote a similar poem in my home-language - your feelings are shared. Love and hugs ~ Mala