Holding On To What Is Gone

by Unseen Exposure   Apr 27, 2005



I keep holding on to something
I never had the chance to grasp
I find myself ripping out my heart
To lessen the painful wrath

I've tried to walk beside you
Through thick, thin, black, gray
I thought someday you'd see me
But you kept pushing me away

Now you're angry that I'm going
You're upset now that I'm through
You keep pointing the finger at me
When it should be turned to you

We've both made our mistakes
But I was not the one who cheated
And somehow through all of this
You call me "Selfish" and "Conceited"

Now I know you just used me
Tossing me when I wasn't convenient
Picking me up when you were lonely
But I'm tired of that treatment

You and I used to have an "us"
I got thrown overboard by the swells
Tossed in with rolling thunder
Caught in the unbreakable spells

You and I don't stand a chance
When fate's not on our side
You and I won't make it through
What's inevitable can't be denied.

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  • 18 years ago

    by pinkalias

    I really admired this. A worthy write of letting go and the pain with it. I love how you displayed the process of ridding yourself of someone you love, but yet mistreated you at the same time. I really likedI've tried to walk beside you
    Through thick, thin, black, gray
    these lines,"
    They portray the devotion and emotion given to that person only to have it neglected in return.
    I loved the last two lines
    "You and I won't make it through
    What's inevitable can't be denied."
    Symbolizing the process of letting go of a painful event and the reasoning of why it is done, in a beautiful way.
    Well done.

    "

  • 18 years ago

    by Toni

    Brilliant poem hun...i loved it, i have tears in my eyes after reading this..you have so much talent xxxxx

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