Ghost Town

Pains of relationships

Inside sometimes invisible walls
Are the hardest ones to climb
Or demolish or bore out through
To a place where pain and love collide
Escaping my own self-protection
Soon likewise as time, I just accept it
And before I know it
I've erected...
A whole damned ghost town 

Reviews

[B.J]

Straight to the point. I loved it

[Michael G. Smith]

Thanks BJ. This one from experience.

[B.J]

you're welcome

[Mikayla_Stagg]

Short but meaningful. I like it

[Michael G. Smith]

Thank you Mikayla.

[Beccy]

Seems to be the nature of the beast; sort of protecting oneself 'just in case.' A lot said in this short poem.

Beccy.

[Michael G. Smith]

Yes but then we deny ourselves the real loves, thanks.

[Pryde Foltz]

And before I know it
I've erected...
A whole damned ghost town citywide

Wonderful turn of phrase, Mike. I find a little stare down helps those walls to crumble.

[Michael G. Smith]

A lot of lose sight of the fact you can't know real love until your hearts been broken a few times.

[Avinash]

Very deep meaning lies inside this piece of work. Yes we all create invisible walls to protect ourselves and by the time we realize how many we have already created a ghost town.

[Michael G. Smith]

And sometimes it's lonely being mayor, lol. Thanks Avinash.

[Fran Marie]

A deeply expressed piece...those walls get to be steep and all confinding..well penned

[Michael G. Smith]

Oh, you know them as well, lol? Thanks Fran.

[Fran Marie]

Afraid so..

[Matching Socks]

Walls around an empty heart? :(
Good thing someone found a way in.

[Michael G. Smith]

I had the two first lines stuck in my head for the last year and the premise of what I wanted to say but just couldn't get it just right until today. Thanks for taking the ti m e to check it out.

[Matching Socks]

Wow, lol. Great memory. :)
If I don't get it right away it's gone.

[Michael G. Smith]

I have a note book app on my samsung where I write all my ideas for future reference.

[Matching Socks]

Mine strike when I'm daydreaming in a board room, wishing I were anyplace but...

[Michael G. Smith]

Mine haunt as I try an sleep so I have to always get up and stay up til the wee hours but during the week I travel the south buying mobile home axles and tires so l have plenty of time to think.

[Matching Socks]

Oh yeah, late night demons. That's the dark stuff for me. I put that elsewhere. :)