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Unrequited Journey

Hoping for the day

I can go back to a time once known

Days of vulnerability

No Great Wall of China surrounding

No fortified fortress to shelter

Just a chasing of "the great love"

Love that surpasses my understanding

The one to whom I would give

Every beat of my heart

High quality passion

Child of my womb

Caution to the wind

The man whose rib I would take to make me

 

Beauty from within

Wholesome

The one he dreams of

Arriving to sustain

Not to drain

Be the

Foundation upon which he builds

Arms that catch every fall

Strength in moments of weakness

Steadfast in the midst of desertion

Lips to give the kiss of appreciation

 

Though now faltering

Hands stretched out to keep my personal space

Revoked invitations to enter

Shoving back those who dare advance

Walls of steel with barbed wire

I use

To protect me.....

My sanity

My heart from your ache

My eyes from your gift of tears

Knees shielded from weakness

Don’t hit the ground in agony of loss

Loss of one still alive

Though chooses to be dead...

To me

 

Wanting to love again

Unaware of how

To let in

Anyone to try

I must confess

I'm scared

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Written by
olivia-m-jackson
Sierra Leonean
Published
Sep 8, 2010
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