Spiritual Divorce Poems

"Appear as you are, or, Be as you appear," ... by Rumi

D - decency, honesty, gracious
I  - initiate, pledge, introduce
V - valedation, corroboration, passing,...

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Divert I was you were, we were turnt aside, separate on spiritual, vessel side
In their mental health women often experience more negative effects
V Infidelity, arguing,...

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Drained, estranged, fragrance of love ebbs
Immersed now in dark dungeons of despair
Vibrancy of dying ember, for freedom begs
Oh, why no longer does love with love...

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The space in-between
Two worlds
When we transition 
From dreamland
To harsh reality
That moment
When you are
Neither here
Nor there
Traversing
The barrier
Crossing 
The line
Stepping in
Stepping out
Over the threshold 
Negotiating the border
The...

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I have realized that I have been in an unhealthy, unhappy marriage for a long, long time and it’s just not what I want anymore....

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Her name was Linda, and she was born in Rosario, Argentina.
His name was Luther, and he was born in Xinghua, China.
Both Linda and Luther were...

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I.  The coming storm…

Looking into the distance along a windswept beach. Feeling the vast vault of alabaster sky. High! Feeling the cooling winds, as...

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Lost and found; together how?
God and sinner enjoined now
Searched for love in the wrong places
Always attracted to the wrong faces

Solitude allows for reflection, deep
The aim:...

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Six children alive and sired
Fathering three and tired
The other three reject me
A traitor in me, they see

Married once; now again
My sanity to regain
At what cost...

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The Calling

Hear the angels sing!
(Glorious trumpets...
start low in the distance, 
and gain in ever-increasing volumes... 
souls, voices...)

Here the angels sing! 
(Racing across the heavens...
in and...

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Buds Forever

Shorty was a little dog, 
Curly was too. 
They played every day, 
until there was nothing else to do. 

Rolling on the grass, 
digging...

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Alpha and Omega

The reality is that I love men. 
They are perfect, just as they are. 
Not always doing as they are supposed to do....

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Children, 
The Last Child in the Nest 

When you ask something of me, 
I drop what I am doing, 
and attend. 
When you need something...

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Snapshots
by Michael R. Burch

Here I scrawl extravagant rainbows.
And there you go, skipping your way to school.
And here we are, drifting apart
like untethered balloons.

Here I am,...

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Bruised and battered, her face a mask of fear, she ran into the night,
           ...

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