Broken
I’ve ripped it free
I’ve left those chains
That tie that bound us together
It’s finally done
It’s eventually gone
The pain never fills the void
The empty cavern
The hollow echo
And I can no longer hear your cries
I’m deaf to them
I’m dead to this
And I feel only indifference now
You used it up
You drank me dry
The memories rained relentlessly
Flooding my soul
Flooding my mind
The parched landscape a sponge
It’s you that is the blight
It’s you that forced this
I just happened to be there, wanting
Not the grief
Not the pain
I wanted only your sweet embrace
Take your tears
Take your apologies
I have no further need for them
Time to reconstruct
Time to recreate
Stumbling down my own waiting path
It’s time you do the same.
Copyright 2004
Debra Chaffins
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