Pull The Grenade

Pull The Grenade

We're standing face to face

But there's space between us

Our eyes meet

And we both know

Our love was strong

The feel of each other's embrace

Got us through our darkest nights

But our love was seasonal

And now, afraid of letting go

Of finding new love, 

We stand, facing each other

I know what I must do,

For both of us to move on

I pull out a grenade and pull the pin

One..., two..., three...,

We're running away

Away from each other

The time and place

Our love existed

On fire, burning

And exploding, it's over

In our memories, our love remains

But time and place

Is gone,

Erased by fire

And we are moving on

If I didn't do it

We both would have burned in the fire later

So I did it, to keep us safe,

To save us now 

I pulled the pin on the grenade

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very interesting piece and sometimes this just has to happen....we may love someone but we do know that eventually that love will kill us...we know we just can't be together, for whatever reason...so we sabotage ourselves to end it before it ends us. An excellent metaphor used here.

[Savannah Bly]

Thank you for your thoughts Jacob!

[MAD ENGLISHMAN]

Knowing when to let go is the key to moving on. Someone in the relationship has to take the hard decision.
Destroying each other in a lost relationship is never a solution.
Great piece again.

[Savannah Bly]

Thank you! :)

[Kamari's]

Very raw with emotions your writings seem to go for the rawest emotions we hold in our hearts well done

[Kamari's]

Very raw with emotions I have noticed your writings go straight for our rawest emotions that we hold well done

[FlamingPhoenix]

I think this is a priceless masterpiece. Having foresight and the courage to follow your intuition, requires a maturity that many lack. Fantastic work!

[Savannah Bly]

Thank you! :)

[melissa]

This is amazing poem keep up the great work and keep them coming

[Savannah Bly]

Thank you!

[melissa]

Your welcome

[Bright Ocean Star]

Savannah, this is powerful, compelling, and sad. I'm guessing this is a suicide, so they can both go together, and won't have to worry about living without the other....sort of like a Romeo - n - juliet meets rambo? A beautiful, tragic love story gone wrong....with just a hint of uncertainty. Do they run apart fast enough to save themselves from the granade? or is the granade a metaphor for perfect way to permanently divorce yourself from each other and the relationship forever? Either way, a very nice write!

[Savannah Bly]

I guess it can really be taken either way. Whether it is a Romeo and Juliet, a metaphor for divorce/break-up, or just a way of saving themselves, their story exists and ended. I see this all the time, there is a grenade in every relationship that can blow up what they have with each other.

[Bright Ocean Star]

This is very true...we need to try to be gentler with each other and not judge each other so harshly. All relationships are tricky things...kind of like the pin on a grenade?