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No goodbye's and gone

Your divorcing words rip at me.

Like a callous young boy
who tears the wings off
of a butterfly,
then throw
Its butchered body
into the air
and yells "fly".

Although I still my my limbs
my days and nights 
are no longer beautiful.

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Beata Agustin

Date: 8/6/2025 12:44:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.

Brian Lanko
Date: 8/6/2025 1:08:00 PM

Thank you for your comment, it is appreciated and that you for the Bible verse.

John Fleming

Date: 8/3/2025 1:43:00 PM

My goodness! Its hardly Wordsworth or Shelley...but its damned effective. You have certainly made a point with this hard-hitting verse, Brian. No punches pulled here that is for sure. :) john

Brian Lanko
Date: 8/4/2025 6:03:00 AM

Thank you for your comments, they are appreciated. I know that it is not Wordsworth or shelly, but perhaps a bukowski?