Forever bound

I just want to let you go... but I can't...

I didn't know how to tell you

How deep your words drilled in my heart

How the hole you'd created will never do

How the healing never seemed to start

The light would always blind my eyes

I could never look past your smiling face

Or leave the tangles of your lies

You'd locked me in a small glass case

I slammed my hands against the walls

Knuckles crimson with inward pain

But no one could hear my silent calls

Or free my teardrops from its chain

I didn't know how to tell you

That you'd stolen an integral part of me

(Haven't you stolen quite a few?)

And thus, I couldn't let you be

The invisible walls were all around

And I couldn't ever run away

That part you'd stolen, I never found

Because of the words I didn't say

But now I've found the words to say... just

Those words I've always seemed to lack:

You'd stolen a 'little' thing called trust

And now I want it back.

Author's Note

Please read and tell me what you think :) I wrote this as a catharsis of my emotions...

Reviews

[London's Lily]

The final line punctuates this poem so perfectly, and in multiple ways. I like that it shows strength and determination, a refusal to remain pushed around... I also like that it's such a sharp demand in simple words. "And now I want it back." It invokes from my mind a hearty, "Yeah, you tell 'em, sister!" ;) Great poem.

[Katho28]

haha ;) glad it was able to evoke that kind of response from you :)

[MoriartyMesa]

I think this is a tip of an iceburg and there is more.

[Katho28]

ah yes, there's always more hidden beneath words

[William J. Marsh]

This is so touching, mental abuse is the worse kind. I hate people that use a relationship this way, so controlling and hurtful. Women being in this situation tears at my heart and is what inspired me to write A gift of love.

[Douglas White]

This was beautifully written, and meaningful. It is painful to feel betrayed, which is clear throughout every line. I don't think that there are too many people who -couldn't- relate to this. I know I can.

And I also know that it takes enormous effort to build trust, and very little to destroy it. So many just don't understand that simple concept

[Katho28]

thank you for reading and reviewing... :) I'm so glad that you understand the message and can relate to it... I try to address universal feelings and emotions so that a broader field of readers can understand personally what I'm trying to convey... and you're exactly right: trust is something that's so hard to build, and so easy to destroy...

[Zune]

I love the ending to this poem! It was absolutely wonderful! The whole thing was!

[Katho28]

thank you!! :)) glad you loved it! thank you for taking the time to have a read.. :)

[smilempsn]

Oouchh.. That piece just hit the rite chords of heart...

nicely written...and great flow... :)

[Katho28]

thank you :) glad it was able to hit those right chords.. ;)

[smilempsn]

..hehe.. :)

[Lisa Victoria]

Ahhh...this is beautiful, I am left in awe... Your words capture the pain so eloquently and your imagery is so breathtaking....beautiful write:)

Lisa

[Katho28]

thank you so much for reading and reviewing... I'm glad that it was able to have that effect on you... :)

[Lisa Victoria]

You're welcome, thank you for sharing:)

[L.M.Warde]

I simply love this. A simply beautiful rhyme, constructed wonderfully. I was drawn in immediately. I loved the emotion you captured, especially the line "knuckles crimson with inward pain," such depth in that statement. Well done!

[Katho28]

thank you!!! :) glad you loved it... I'm touched to hear that my poem was able to draw you in... makes me feel very glad :) again, thank you for reading and reviewing!

[arishiasayswoah]

this was so deep In . a girl in something deep and cant really heal
what a poem

[Katho28]

thank you for reading! I try to create deep tides of emotions within my poems... :)

[Broken Wings]

This is really beautiful. A sad and painful write but one with so much depth and beauty in the words. I can feel the emotion weeping out of this piece. So many understand heart break and loss when it comes to relationships, but it takes skill to be able to write about it so eloquently and with such good use of imagery. Thank you, Leah.

[Katho28]

Your words have touched me... I'm so inspired by them... thank you so much :) it's always an honour to have people read my writing, and I'm just humbled by your words... thank you again.