Shadowed Pain

Shadowed Pain

A Poem by Katherine Cabrera

Shadowed Pain

 

The staining image refuses to go.

It remains recurring in my mind,

How revealing,

How bewildering.

Your arms wrapped around her,

Your hands touching her,

And I simply observing.

Yet my figure not present, my mind seems to know.

As my heart continues to flow in this current,

I am drowning,

I am dying,

I am free.

Yet, in my death, the image of her remains. 

© 2016 Katherine Cabrera


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one of the pains of love- gaining it and losing it. Freedom such as this most certainly feels like dying, but eventually we often grow wings from the scars.

Posted 7 Years Ago


Katherine Cabrera

7 Years Ago

Thank you! And yes I agree we grow from pain many times.
Endings, beginnings, dealings - just a few of the so many -ings we face and sometimes even survive ...eventually.

This one touches the commonality of our rite of passage.

Posted 7 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Katherine Cabrera

7 Years Ago

Thank you.
I can relate to this so much. I can feel the emotion when you say "I am drowning, I am dying, I am free."

Posted 7 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Katherine Cabrera

7 Years Ago

I am glad you relate to this. We have all experienced pain in life and there is so much beauty that .. read more

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Katherine Cabrera
Katherine Cabrera

Brooklyn, NY



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Hello! My name is Katherine Cabrera and I am a full time foreign language teacher in the Bronx. I am a New Yorker from the Bronx and recently moved to the beautiful borough of Brooklyn. My parents are.. more..

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