Futile Feuds

Often we spin out of control when hurt.

Caustic soda spills

from parched mouths

as dirty washing is

hung out to bleach

in the depths of

love's winter.

 

And we strike back

as a bear does

when wounded,

simply in fear

of loosing our grip

on the reality

we have woven

around our own shattered

souls.

 

13/02/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Fragile is the heart and yet seeks revenge. Nice write John.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Andrew, You indulge me this 'morning'. Must revisit your page too.

[andrew mitchell]

That’s okay John your writes are far better than mine, no rush.

[kentuck14]

Isn't it strange that what our hearts desire more than anything .. . our relationships with others . . . can be so fragile and full of uncertainty and are the cause of so many negative emotions. As humans we seem to struggle more in this area than others. What we want more than anything sometimes becomes the source of so much pain. The human condition is what makes us so different than all of God's other creatures.
Good poem, John . . . captures well our bi-polar lives.
Tom

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed you see this for what it is Tom and we do struggle so much in these areas! Many thanks.

[Chris Shaw]

A very powerful way of expressing hurt. I've not been there for a long time and even then didn't do it nearly as well as you. A barking dog was all I managed, not a mighty bear.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Chris. My partner is a big wildlife supporter lol!

[Chris Shaw]

Just as well John:) Good morning.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Good morning to you too Madame. You are up nice and early.

[Chris Shaw]

Too early. I will no doubt be sleeping again and soon :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Lucky you! Enjoy......

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and some of that laundry is so stained...nothing can make it feel normal again...
we need a new wardrobe of heart.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Aye indeed so Jacob, shall we buy it on-line though?
Many thank yous.

[Lorry]

So you've been, seen and bought that t shirt too? Well, there was bound to be one or two of us around here who did.
Looking back on regretful words, I finally figured out why two ladies in particular haunt my extended regrets. One was because I undeservedly said to her, what I should have said to the other years before. But isn't it always the way, that despite our best intentions, the innocent are maimed and the guilty escape? Then we put our mouth in the correct gear, and survey the chaos it has wrought.
Superb reflection of how bitter those words are that playback their bitterness, forever reminding us that we should think, then speak.
Ps...just by some miracle those ladies stumble on this....Sorry 2010 & **k you 2014 :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I guess many of us share the same experiences. The fast, disposable lives we lead have made relationships come and go as people are confused about their identities and the image of perfect happiness projected by the media. Little wonder we get splinters! Many thanks Lorry,