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The Jagged Edges

"Life levels off in importance. Days are no longer 
jagged peaks to climb; time is a meadow, 
and we move over it with level steps." 
                                                ~ Gladys Taber


Her life is a page torn from a spiral notebook 
      whose jagged edges are tattered
She's bone weary and wears the haggard scowl
          of a woman whose heart has been badly broken

There are jagged lines, wrinkles and creases
      the kind that ages a beautiful face
where once his fingertips had left a gentle touch
          her skin seems ravaged by sorrow

No longer can she peer into a mirror
      none have been left hanging in her home
Into pointed shards they'd been shattered
          in a moment of hysteria

There are no straight-edged lines in lost love
      for the toll is measured in flesh
and the only traces of it left to recall
           are memories that tussle her mind

There's an emotional mountain she must climb
      jagged edged rocks will impede her way
but when she succeeds in reaching the crest
          from grief she will have been freed

Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2025

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Date: 7/30/2025 4:33:00 PM

excellent quote to go with your poem which sadly many can relate to at some stage of their lives. hugs Jan xx
Date: 7/30/2025 2:03:00 PM

Lin, nice poem. It has me thinking. I can see the woman's caterpillar struggles as she crawls through the jagged edges of life and fate, dodging her predators, where this reflection of nature is harsh, where transformations are not a given. Yet succeeding. And taking wings to her life.
Date: 7/30/2025 11:21:00 AM

The poem balances visual metaphors and emotional depth, capturing the toll of heartbreak and the promise of healing through endurance. Good poem.
Date: 7/30/2025 8:18:00 AM

I like the way you have brought the poem to its conclusion: final victory over great adversity and heartache. Beautifully espoused. :) john

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