Stolen Years

Stolen Years

I put you on a pedestal,

so high I could not reach you.

You stood there so proud,

bowing to your adoring fans,

leaving me in the wings of abandonment.

Everything I believed in was yours

so my faith withered and dried

like parched earth bound plants.

As I gulped and gasped

for the purity of your sweet air

you cut off the supply

and slowly I asphyxiated.

You strangled hope from me,

until I was no longer a man

simply a facsimile, a mere zombie,

walking with no true pulse,

no purpose,

no blood in my arteries.

Then you drew your dagger of deceit

and slit my throat,

leaving me to bleed

these decades of regret.

 

28/04/13

Reviews

[KAOlmsted]

That first line says it all...

I love the Angry John poems ;-) This is no exception. Well done.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Kimmer, enjoying Norway for another day.

[KAOlmsted]

I'm envious, but not as much as if you were in Sweden ;-) Always my pleasure, John...love to K...

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

The chills running up and down my spine leave me exausted and thrilled at the same time, well done, good read.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Many thank yous Thomas!

[Ravyne Hawke]

Wow.. now that is one zinger of a poem. I could feel the build up of complete despair as the ending foretells. Some wonderful imagery in this. I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I have felt like this. Really took me back to those moments in my life. Great job!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Lori, many people say they relate to this which begs questions as to how we conduct our relationships and more to the point how we choose our partners.

[Ravyne Hawke]

Oh, I made so many bad choices in my 20s and early 30s. Too many. I am a fairly intellectual woman, but I had a bad case of the stupids back then.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

no shortage of violent imagery here, just so tragic

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Tragic but true. Thank you Sheema!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

geez, i could have written this about my first ex...this is exact to how that all went down...

i felt i was reading me...this hit too close to home...

incredible.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Sorry if it was upsetting Jacob. That was not my intention. This seems to happen all too often nowadays.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh no, it is a good poem...just thought i could have written it...

but that relationship is far in the past...just struck a chord...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ok glad you are not upset. It took me sixteen years to write this one!

[Deuces]

Romance, hope and bliss... then numbness and being kicked while already down. Oh, how I can relate to this all too much in my past. Have to make this one a favorite because it is oh, so true. Powerful and masterfully penned.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

It seems too many men and women relate to this. Is it we choose unwisely or do some of us treat life as disposable all too often? Wish I had the answer, wish we could stop this rot.

[Rhianne Ney]

Greatly penned and nicely expressed. Situations like this really happens

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And it took me 16 years to write this one. Thank you Rhianne.

[Rhianne Ney]

Really? That's great (: and you're welcome

[redflutterby]

While this is clearly referring to a woman... i can relate well. I've had my own slit of the throat. Isn't pretty to bleed out at the hands of someone who claims to love you!! Very sad but well done piece here!!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you AMS. The more I hear other people's stories the more I become convinced that we all need to take more care when entering a relationship and once we have we should seek ways to keep it fresh.

[quinfinn]

i am always amazed at how many men i meet have the same story to tell. it is astounding to read poems like this when they have come from inside me as well as from your pen. color me weirded out.....great write

[John Alexander McFadyen]

It is good in some respects to not feel like you are the only one. I think we all feel that when things go wrong and we blame ourselves when it is just complicated. Thank you Quin.

[Leslie Philibert]

Lots of drama here, like especially the imagery in the middle of the poem, nice work

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Many thanks as always Leslie.