::An Inevitable Leave::

[Sharon]

An Inevitable Leave

So you know the very things I've hidden from the world
...the very secrets that I've kept inside for so long;
I don't remember falling apart or drifting away
What happened, when did it all go wrong?

One day I feel you're one of my closest allies
that we were both on the very same side;
When was this wall built between us
this.... continental divide?

That mutual trust I assumed existed
I guess it slipped right through our grasp
I should have known all along;
should've known it wouldn't last.

Nothing is forever they said repeatedly
I've heard it for so long, I was hoping we were an exception
but that wasn't the case - obviously it wasn't meant to be
Why does it hurt so much ...this poignant deception?

I thought we were family, I thought we were on the same level
but now you're so unreachable; and I'm just an insignificant individual
who just happens to be related to you who shares common blood.
I guess I've no choice now but to stay on my side of the wall.

Good luck with life good luck with everything
Good riddance oh misleading and deceptive one;
I hope you find contentedness and try not to be upset
even when you realize what can't be undone.

[thecrazybeautiful]

"who just happens to be related to you who shares common blood.
I guess I've no choice now but to stay on my side of the wall."

This reminds me of "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost, which is like one of my absolute favorite poems.

So this is really good for rhyming like it does. It's really got alot of feeling in it

[Laura]

"One day I feel you're one of my closest allies
that we were both on the very same side;
When was this wall built between us
this.... continental divide?"

--I have felt this way before but could never put it into words.

"common blood"

--I like how you decided to word this.

"Good luck with life good luck with everything
Good riddance oh misleading and deceptive one;
I hope you find contentedness and try not to be upset
even when you realize what can't be undone."

--and a fantastic ending. Great job Sharon ... although if it's personal, I'm sure it hurts.

[Sharon]

wow... I guess it's been a year since I wrote this. This one was written for a cousin that I had thought was different from the rest of my relatives outside my immediate family. I thought she had understood me and now we're merely acquaintances it seems. It had bothered me a great deal back then (written this poem after all) but I guess I've just accepted it.

Thanks for the comments - I'm pretty proud of the way this one turned out.