Your need for power
Trumps the vows you spoke to me.
I stand defeated.
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Holy Matrimony
12 May 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: abuse, anger, betrayal, decisions, denial, disappointment, end, fake, fear, haiku, holy, hurt, husband, integrity, letting go, lies, loss, love, man, marriage, pain, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, self esteem, self worth, silence, trauma, trust, truth, vows, wife
Paradigms
07 May 2019 2 Comments
in Poetry Tags: abuse, anger, choices, decisions, denial, expectations, fear, grief, haiku, healing, hope, hurt, integrity, letting go, loss, love, pain, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, self, self awareness, self esteem, self worth, trauma, trust, truth, unconditional love
I’d rather be wrong
And have you say I’m nothing.
You ARE lovable.
Six Months Later…
27 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: anger, betrayal, chabad Poway, death, decisions, epidemic, faith, fear, God, grief, haiku, hate, heal, healing, hurt, integrity, jewish, Jewish people, Judaism, life, loss, love, mass shootings, pain, peace, Pittsburgh shooting, poem, poet, poetry, pray, prayer, remember, stop hate, strength, trauma, tree of life synagogue, truth
Did you know their names?
Or are we nothing but goats
Meant to bear your rage?
Ambivalent Heart
26 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: ambivalent, anger, betrayal, choices, decisions, forgive, forgiveness, grief, haiku, heal, healing, heart, hope, hurt, integrity, learning, lies, love, man, missing, pain, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, time, trust, truth, unconditional love, woman, women
Still feeling angry.
Still feeling hurt and betrayed.
But damn! I miss you.
My Box
23 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: anger, attraction, box, change, choices, decisions, discovery, faith, fear, Freedom, haiku, happiness, heal, healing, heart, hope, integrity, life, live, love, man, me, Pandora, Pandora’s box, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, self discovery, self esteem, self worth, sex, sexuality, soul, strength, trust, truth, unconditional love, woman, women
Just like Pandora,
Opening my box won’t kill you.
Years should’ve proved that.
Worth the Work
20 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: change, choices, decisions, family, forgiveness, friend, grief, haiku, happiness, heal, heart, home, hope, hurt, life, live, loss, love, memories, missing, past, peace, Pixar, poem, poet, poetry, prayer, relationships, remember, road trips, strength, time, truth, unconditional love, up, us
When I remember
I think Pixar and road trips
The things that made Us.
Sacred Vows
20 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: decisions, discovery, faith, family, forgiveness, God, haiku, heart, hope, hurt, integrity, jewish, Judaism, life, loss, love, marriage, memories, poem, poet, poetry, prayer, relationships, self esteem, truth, unconditional love, vows
How to convince you
My love for you is so true?
Please hear my prayer.
