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Steel And Silk Poem
Feeling dead
Nowhere to turn
Dead beat ex
I'm stuck
No way of freeing myself
Finances so intertwined
Like a tumour
Attached to something vital
"We can't operate I'm afraid.
Too risky"
How did I let this happen?
So insidious
So slow
A parasite. Unseen, leaching, infecting, invading, taking, taking, taking.
Eventually, clarity. The alternative.
So often dismissed now better than the present.
But I must pay for my blindness.
I must pay the price for hope.
I cannot be set free
Like a prison sentence.
And, by the way,
Don't bother looking up
Don't pray or ask for divine help.
Help,
If there is any,
Is ground level.
Friends, family, gestures, kind words, hugs, a sympathetic emoji in a motivational text.
You've got this
You are strong
I believe in you.
No choice. Hold tight, wait for better days.
Nothing is permanent.
Lean into the love and the sun will shine again some day.
Copyright © Steel and Silk | Year Posted 2025
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Steel And Silk Poem
She was charmed
She was deceived.
She stuck it out
She'd never leave.
She faded
She withdrew
She found a life
Outside of you
She left
She survived
She learned to love
She thrived.
Copyright © Steel and Silk | Year Posted 2025
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Steel And Silk Poem
I look different in the time between rooms.
I smile, I'm brave, I push those feelings down
While I busy myself, cooking, chatting
"All is well!"
Then
The walk between one room to the next
The smile drops
The frown
The fretful sigh
The shake of the head
"I can't do this"
Then I arrive in the next room
Replace the mask
Don't let them see the pain
The grief of a life in limbo
Of decades lost
Why did I stay?
Joking, they'd never know
Then
Alone.
Long stares, unanswered prayers
The deep dark hole that is now.
Hoping with everything I have that one day, the smile will stay and it will be real.
Copyright © Steel and Silk | Year Posted 2025
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