there is no alternate ending
where instead of
offering up our palms
in a mudra of helplessness
or surrender
we get the love back
watching you piece
this broken us
together, like a jigsaw
but with sharp edges
and pieces missing
in the middle
is unnecessary bleeding
there is nothing
to fight for, or prove
we have both lost
Susan Daniels Poetry 
š¦ nuff said sfam.
xo
me
Thanks, hon!
Stirring and strong! This stanza hit me like a brick –
watching you piece
this broken us
together, like a jigsaw
but with sharp edges
and pieces missing
in the middle
Thanks Noel–have you ever heard the phrase, “No sense beating a dead horse?”
This poor animal is dead and needs to be disposed of…
“watching you piece
this broken us”
Susan, this is heartbreaking. A familiar feeling to everyone, somehow.
Pia–thank you.
Unnecessary bleeding indeed.
It certainly is.
Suscinct and pragmatic, an accepting of inevitable, pushing past an underlying regret.
Love how it stirs up all of this in me.
Thank you, Nelle. Painful to watch.
The poem is simple, has so few words, and yet, leaves such a deep impact upon its readers … I am awed by the way you manage to bring out the meaning with so little words… Love the way you write !!!
Wow, thank you so much…turning a few shared of red now.
shades of red…
I have found in my own experience that the real grieving for loss often happens after I’ve gotten out of the “scenery” of that loss somehow. After that it seems that the body progressively sheds elements of the past, maybe even one by one.
When I have had difficulty letting go of something I can’t quite tell which part of me is holding onto it. I used to think it was all about the mind and that “mind over matter” applied. Now I am not so sure. I don’t know what letting go is exactly. But I do know that sometimes the one thing you can do (and should do) is get out when it is time to get out.
Exactly–and not try to go back–there is a time to walk away.
Yes. And then let the healing commence.
Amen! Endlessly wonderful the creativity of putting these living day by day confrontation =s seamlessly ~ Thank you dear~ Fondly Deb
Thanks, Deb–I would much rather the puzzler moved on š
Still, resulting in some interesting poetry…