did you think
your words had smashed me?
did you really think you’d mastered the skill?
did you?
I must disagree
if you had any intelligence
a pale trace of intuition
or the vision to see beyond your warped mirror
you would know
I was already broken
your smoky, errant wind disturbed the air
just a smidgeon
shifting, dislodging the shattered bits of me
stealing their tenuous balance
causing my feelings to crash noisily around your feet
but it was a softer landing than you imagine
it was the work of a weekend
to mend the marks you wrought on my soft tissue
as for you
will your sick spirit ever heal ?
The Daily Post #Disagree
My apologies for returning to this tired subject – the prompt prompted me 🙂
©Jane Paterson Basil
You obviously still need to offload some stuff, so don’t apologise !
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My trouble is that Ican think of a thousand ways to say just about anything 🙂
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Pick the best !
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I’m not always the best judge 🙂
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AH, but you pick the ones that resonate with you, that counts !
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xxx
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Do not apologize. I absolutely LOVED that. It really touched me and I feel every word you wrote! Thank you for sharing! ~amy
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Thank you Amy!
I love how nobody assumes I’m twisting the plot – I’m not, BTW 🙂
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All will be well so long as you are writing…
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I think I mentioned how adversity improves the writing 🙂
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