You are no scapegoat

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

You are no scapegoat
to layer blame over
so I can walk away lighter;
we are not children,
& we do not need to know exactly
whose fault it is

that I no longer levitate
when you walk into a room.

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About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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13 Responses to You are no scapegoat

  1. nelle's avatar nelle says:
    May 18, 2012 at 5:24 pm

    Another with bite, wow. Well done.

  2. Noel Ihebuzor's avatar Noel Ihebuzor says:
    May 18, 2012 at 6:00 pm

    a sad song, a song of what happens when the chemistry goes awry and bonds began to dissolve…..is there the inevitable blame game? The poem announces a rejection of recourse to this type of safety valve…yes, but do I catch it going down this lane in the second stanza? I am sure I am wrong!

    The words “lighter” and “levitate” add some beauty through because of their contrat value to this sad but powerful poem – a relationship that weighs and wears ?? down in its dying phase is contrasted with the lightness and floating feeling it created when it started and perhaps before its half life!

    • Susan L Daniels's avatar Susan L Daniels says:
      May 18, 2012 at 6:11 pm

      Ah, under the lens of sharp eyes all is revealed! Yes, there is a movement towards blame in #2 (saw it when I was editing), but thought it would be interesting to let the speaker lie to herself about not assigning blame to anyone, but muttering under her breath that it is someone’s fault; thereby acting like the child she asserts she is not in the first stanza. Wow, now that’s a long sentence. A short poem with cognitive dissonance.

  3. Susan L Daniels's avatar Susan L Daniels says:
    May 18, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    Know what–I am thinking this has a way to go before its done…. Is incomplete.

  4. zongrik's avatar zongrik says:
    May 18, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    that i no longer levitate when you enter the room says it all!!!

    when time races like a bullet

  5. Rhonda's avatar Rhonda says:
    May 19, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    The knight has fallen off his horse. Sad, but inevitable.

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