I’m finally saying good-bye,
to you of the laughing blue
eyes that hide the dark purple
of bruises and crimson of clotted
blood. I thought you were one
thing but you were many instead.
The lushness of passion and the
thorns of disparagement were all
a part of you, but I didn’t know. I
only knew that I became entrenched
like a log caught in an underwater
world of clinging reeds until I
became the one who was clinging.
I say good-bye to you now when
I couldn’t before. As the years passed,
the current tugged me loose and
I floated gently away without
even realizing it. The shore that
seemed unreachable is solidly
underfoot now so I can turn and wave
good-bye and never look back again.
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Charlotte Hamrick 
And sometimes, goodbye is a damned good thing. Well written, esp
The shore that
seemed unreachable is solidly
underfoot now so I can turn and wave
good-bye and never look back again.
Thanks – Mosk
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I really liked this – the thorns of disparagement and the clinging to the log metaphor. Very powerful!
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Ahh… such a lovely piece. I especially like the first sentence and the freedom gained in the end.
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The imagery of the log and the reeds is wonderful. But I wonder how you manage to not look back … although with this poem you do 😉
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I like the metaphor of a log caught in an undercurrent and then later became loose and floated on its own. Your words are powerful. I enjoyed reading this piece tremendously.
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I loved all the imagery, but could feel the barbs of abuse, in your words.
It was sad, haunting and powerful! Well Done~
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I like everything about this – the content, the langage, and the structure. But at first reading, of course, I was’t conscious of any of that, only of the poem and its emotions washing over and through me. 🙂
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