Poetry

[iwillbeok]

I find little snippets of poems coming into my mind. I have finally put one together into an actual poem. Hope I am allowed to share here (no-one else will see it otherwise)?

Two people

I am two people:
Two me’s at the same time

I am the old me
The damaged me
The bewildered me
The one that wonders
Over and again
Just how a person could
Hurt another like that.

I am the new me
The strong me
The me that can laugh again
The me that says
That was then, this is now
Looking forward to the future
A future I make for myself

But the new me
Will always be tainted
With the scars of the old me
The memories of half a lifetime
The good times now hurt
As much as the bad
Because they were false

I want to forget
I want to excise the old me
Become new-born again
Start afresh
But the old me, she’s the one
Who survived
She is the flame
That burns within me

The flame that you couldn’t put out…

Iwillbeok x

[freedomtochoose]

I love this. It made my evening
all best
ftc
x

[LizSKY]

Thanks for posting this, such an emotional piece of poetry. Stay strong and keep writing x

[Poets corner]

I love this! Thankyou so much for posting x

[iwillbeok]

Thank you

This is a new thing for me. Images come to mind and I know I can’t draw or paint… I only hope my words make sense.

Treading Water

I’m treading water
Miles from the shore
I can see it hazy in the distance

Some days I float
My head clear of the lapping water
The sunlight gentle
The water calm and clear
I swim, taking long calm strokes
But I get no closer to land

Other days my legs ache
As I struggle to keep
My chin up as the water gets choppy
Dark clouds gather on the horizon behind me
I gaze wistfully at the grey-green shadow of land
I swim, stronger strokes now
More determined
But I get no closer to shore

Then the waves get bigger
The water darkens
The clouds more menacing
The water feels deep
And I fear what lurks below
I can’t see the land
I’m on the edge of panic
I desperately try to swim
My limbs hacking at the water
I get nowhere
I fight the urge
Just to sink

Eventually
The waves die down
The sun returns
And with it the calm
And the calls of the gulls
I’m bobbing in the clear blue again
I’m okay

But I am still no closer to land…

Iwillbeok x

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