Here Comes Treble: Words
Words uttered in anger can cause enormous emotional hurt, says Isabel Bradley.
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Words
Crash!
Brief jewels in flight,
Smashed in sunlight.
Broken now - useless.
Words:
Splintering the air,
Ripping the peace -
Marriage, torn apart.
They flutter between us,
like winter leaves on a breeze...
Words.
Useless.
Why speak?
Why should you listen?
Emptiness in your eyes,
my soul.
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White space -
an empty page.
Words could fill it,
Give it meaning.
Dark space -
a lonely heart.
Words can't heal it,
Only love can.
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Words, sounds, scribbles -
Words to fill an empty page,
Fill your heart with rage,
Filling mine with misery...
...Why do we talk?
Neither understands.
Cross. Purposeless.
Always at cross-purposes...
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Words said in anger
Sear the soul
They burn, white-hot,
Twisting, turning,
Tormenting.
Words heard in anger
Leave festering nerve-ends
That cry
And scream for ease.
Wounds left
By words of anger
Heal -
But their scars remain,
Ugly, puckered,
Defacing the soul.
Memory of pain lies,
unexploded,
Buried deep.
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Then came hope, new love in the midst of bitterness:
Autumn leaves in the wind -
Words for him,
dead before spoken.
Warm brown birds at sundown -
Words for you,
touching and tender.
Until now, years later, I know miracle, the wonder and the joy of being married to someone who is kind, gentle, loving and true:
Words between us,
Tender and loving,
Or silent, unspoken
Yet heard and cherished:
I love you,
And you love me,
Forever...
The only words
That truly matter.
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Until next time, here comes Treble!
By Isabel Bradley © copyright reserved
