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Best Poems Written by Debra Powell

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So This Is How It Ends

So This is How It Ends:

I stare at you
You stare back coldly at me
I study the lines on your face
And I watch this house slowly empty out
One piece of furniture at a time
Fifteen years wiped away in one day
All that remain are the memories
Only the objects are materialistic
How did we get to this point
No, I know how this happened
If you feel inclined to ask 
I have so much that I didn’t say before

So this is how it ends
Piece by piece, one by one
This is what breaks down when one person doesn’t fix
What has been broken for many years
Wearing blinders was your tragedy
This is how it ends
I don’t want to stand here and cry
I shed my tears a long time ago

These walls once filled with pictures of our kids
Are blank and empty now
All that is left are nails and dust
I used to hear laughter down the halls
Now I just hear eerie silence
I sit on the floor and feel the breeze come through the open window
Chilling me to the bone
You look helplessly at me
Showing all your emotions through your eyes
You were too blind to see this 
As you turn away from me and walk out the door
I watch your image fade out of view
Maybe perhaps we shall meet again
In a different time
In a different place
Our world together did not last
But our world apart will see clearly
This is what happens when a love breaks down, and is neglected
So this is how it ends my dear

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Twisted Roots of Despair

Sadness fills the air
On this cold and misty  morning
I look at you but only to 
Have your soulless eyes stare away from me
How did we get to this place
It is either a break up
Or a break down
Who can say for sure

The air feels heavy as I breathe in the dampness
Of the chilly blanket that surrounds me
Everything seems very wrong
Is this worth working out?
And did we ever put enough effort into us anyway?
Never mind, it doesn’t matter
Long ago I was told
Be in love with where you’re at
And you will find true happiness
Right now that seems hard to find

So I’ll go down the darkest path I can find
In the twisted roots of despair
And somehow I’m going to break through
To the brightest spot that will shine
I’ll be whole once again
And I will find the happiness of where my feet will finally land
On the warm, soft ground

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Descending Into Age

You were my hero and my rock
You were the reason why I am who I am
You were so strong and quick witted
A very charismatic gentleman
You taught me so much about life
As well as teaching me manners and class
I always looked up to you
And I always will

Now I see a man who is descending into age
As we all do
But I feel helpless as I don’t know 
How to spark your interests
Your passions
And your zest for life
As I see you so thin and frail in front of me

Your memory is fading away
But not my memories of how you made me laugh
How you made me feel important
And how you made me feel life is supposed to be more than
Just going through the motions
But that’s what you are doing now
And it hurts me so
I don’t know what to do
I am weighed down with worry

If I haven’t told you
But I do say it as much as I remember every day
That I love you dearly

So for tonight I try to sleep
Knowing you are alone in your home
Hoping you will arise with the sun 
And I will awaken 
With a feeling of uneasiness
So I will call to hear your soft voice
And to tell you again that I love you dad
I always have
And I always will
Tomorrow has no guarantee
So I am thankful for today

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Dark Angel

I honestly don’t know what tomorrow brings
But for today I will enjoy the peace in my life
As I watch the quiet snow flurry outside my window
I know the love I feel inside is broken
The joy that I used to know with you has been driven away
So fiercely I want to find the way back to my inner soul
Where the birds would sing the sweetest songs
The sound of the Ocean would soothe my mind
And the greenest grass will feel invigorating beneath my toes

A dark angel with her wings of thorns
Grabbed hold of you and robbed you of your passion
Until she hurled you helplessly to the cold, frigid ground
She pierced your soul and took everything
You held so dearly
Including me

Now I am willing to open the door once again
And give you all the opportunities to start from the beginning
I may feel abused, and severely bruised
But I am not to be taken lightly
This is heavier than anything I have ever endured
With all my being I ask for an abundance of positive light
May that dark angel crash to the ground
And the darkness that surrounds her disappear into the abyss

Just breathe my love
We’ve got this