Short Estrangement Poems

Need distance to see difference
Between belonging or estrangement....

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forfeiture of all
emotional assets 
after the emotional 
estrangement occurred 
has left a large hole 
in the heart never 
to be filled again...

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repertoire 
bag of tricks 
stockpile 
of knowledge 
acquired 
didn't seem to 
do any good
didn't seem to 
make any difference
still end up 
with the same 
result 
estrangement...

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needle piercing  
the heart 
puncturing 
the soul 
emotional 
estrangement 
from desire 
causing distress 
to spread through
the state of being 
interrupting the 
state of well being...

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in actions brought about actions
actions brought about negativity
negativity brought about distance 
distance brought about resentment
resentment brought about estrangement 
estrangement brought about the end...

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task is to 
relinquish 
resentments  
foster an 
atmosphere 
of forgiveness
release past 
hurts in order to
began to  
rebuild a foundation 
upon which  
to stand strong
during those times
of estrangement...

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protective feelings 
remain trapped 
within 
can't get rid of 
overwhelming 
urge to run to your aid
even now 
even after
these years 
of estrangement 
I still find myself 
feeling 
overprotective 
over you...

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blackmailing of the heart 
shakedown of the soul
regression threatened  
reversion tactics used  
estrangement loomed
extraction of emotional attachment 
gone from the world of connection  
left with nothing but memories...

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if time travel 
was possible  
if someone 
invented a time machine
would steal it to 
take a quick jaunt
into the past 
three years ago to be exact 
to a time before 
the estrangement 
to forewarn my past self 
of the emotional danger to come...

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girl weeps through the night,
her love gone to distant lands,
danger's silent threat.

girl's tears merge with rain,
lost love in a distant land,
heartache's gentle bath.

in her dream, he's near,
lover's steps, she stirs, yawns soft,
Love's presence brings warmth....

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through the darkness of love,
i found you
so sweet yet so pure.
yearning 
your distance pulls me 
closer, 
i knew,
i loved you.
estrangement was who i used to be,
you have shown me
healthy attachment, 
authentic fondness and 
adventurous intimacy,
two have made one....

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find it difficult to
rebound from this lose
not able to bounce 
back from this estrangement 
no action has help 
in the effort to emotionally
recover from the past
old emotive reactions are still present 
whenever thoughts escape 
from the subconscious into 
the conscious...

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Happier without me
How could you be 
Don't you miss me 
Why don't you miss me 
Does this estrangement 
Not have any affect on you 
How could this be 
It has left me broken 
It has left me cold 
Why don't you care 
Why don't you feel any
Regret over the termination 
Of us...

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The estrangement of
a cruising day,
plodding onto the 
dormant senses.

Ancestral musings
strewn with monotonous
contours, 
faded into crevices 
of streaming melancholy.

Smudged against the
sugary tea,
dripping hair,
soiled feet,
the erroneous space between,
the cuckoo sang 
better....

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The Retreat:  Part 3

Opening Bell

And you thought YOU had it bad
Cancer
Homelessness
Divorce
Estrangement
Family Death
Pet Death
Molestation
Rape
Depression
Sex Worker
Sex Client
Bad Taste
Bizarre Taste
You people are really ed up
Ok I am too
Let's un—-k ourselves silly
And begin.

(3/24/17)...

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many things 
have became 
overlooked over 
time 
many things 
have been 
overshadowed 
covered with 
resentments stain
years of misunderstandings 
years of misrepresentation
years of missteps 
years of unmended mistakes
have all accumulated 
a top one another to 
create this valley of 
emotional estrangement...

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let you down
this i just 
realized 
it hit me 
like a tone 
of bricks 
it was right 
under my 
nose the 
entire time
i could not 
see it before
i did not allow 
myself to come 
to terms with 
my own role 
within this estrangement 
i field to realize before
just how much fault 
i bare in the 
implosion
of us...

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clear-cut 
it never was
always fell 
within a gray area
even now through 
out this estrangement
nothing is cut-and-dry 
wishy-washy indecision
fills the space between us 
fills the distance between us 
seemly over at time but 
then out of the blue it's on again 
then it's off again once again 
a marry-go-round that never ends...

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Foundation

Thank you, Lord, for allowing Peter to fail.

Thank you for the crow of denial
his crow of estrangement
my crow of betrayal.

Thank you for love reclaimed over breakfast on the shore.

For the love of fidelity
his love of friendship
my love of loyalty.

Thank you for transforming failure into foundation.

Coward shepherd no more!...

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Zest still lingering on the golden beach,
afar usher flocks of flowers of spring peach,
sprucely greeting ensemble yet snappily nodding each.   
Estrangement erased, elysian exclusives elope into earthlings' reach.


Pink petals, scapes o'er scapes, 
weave and wave boundless drapes;
bracing aroma, miles after miles,
spins and spreads serene smiles.

azure sky, exclaiming no such crafts in heaven yards;
disguised as radiant sunshine: her wistful regards....

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We long for relationships
that know no borders,
in which hearts can roam free,
frolicking with each other,
and galloping at will
through fields and streams
in broad daylight,
and spontaneous affections
can nuzzle unrestrained.

Yet on our humble ranch,
it is the broken horses
that we so often ride.
Connections become curtailed
that once headed for the horizon,
by trial and error taught
to shield certain wounds
and mind necessary fences,
in many a peculiar pasture....

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