Jack Horne Poet Rhyme

One Step Backwards

To hear that you are gone for good
and never coming back to me,
it breaks my heart and tears my soul;
I wonder why this has to be.

You say you're happy now with him;
I have to back away, I know,
and leave you to enjoy that love,
forget the way I hoped we'd grow.

You left three years ago and I
must carry on...at least, I'll try.

written 5th August for Constance's Poetry Journal contest

One step backwards

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Andrea Dietrich August 19, 2018 at 1:25 PM Big congrats for your win, Jack,

Susan Gentry August 9, 2018 at 7:46 PM Congratulations on your win. Well done!

Constance La France August 9, 2018 at 2:56 PM Jack congratulations on your win in my contest with this emotional write ~

Harry Horsman August 7, 2018 at 8:19 AM Jack i feel your pain, this is wonderfully written and one gem of a poem..

Nette Onclaud August 6, 2018 at 5:42 PM sometimes, we don't have to let go of love as memories stay almost forever... such a splendid write, jack!...huggs

Connie Marcum Wong August 6, 2018 at 3:02 PM Some never get over a lost love...they remain unmarried as my grandfather did after losing my grandmother. They were kept apart by family and she died young at 50. This is a fine entry for the contest Jack! ;-)

Sara Kendrick August 5, 2018 at 2:25 PM Well, one can writer a better poem when they have or are experiencing the event or pain. Good job. Thanks for all the visits to my page. Sara

Andrea Dietrich August 5, 2018 at 2:11 PM Hi, Jack, you did a beautiful job here though I think you used poetic license. There is still a ring of truth in it. The sting of the breakup. Thanks for visiting my poems today. I need desperately to get over to my emails. Hopefully soon!