The hands That Once Held Me

this is for a friend, you know who you are, and i hope and dream that someday this will all blow over. Someday i know you'll be able to leave her in the dust ;)

To love someone who doesn't love you is agony.

But to love someone who stands, open armed,

just a few feet away while you're chained to the ground

is pure torture, torment, destruction of the soul.

To see them waiting, wondering, while you're held back

by unseen hands hell bent on keeping you apart

creates a sea of sadness that constantly drowns you;

crashes over you again and again, sucking all the oxygen away.

You long for their touch and they call for yours,

pleading with you to come just a little closer,

to give in to the temptations of desire and love, longing and lust.

And you want nothing more than to say "yes, I'm here, you can hold me now."

But you can't, no matter how hard you fight against the hands

they always find a way to keep you standing in place.

They tie ropes around your wrists and stake them to the ground.

They strap chains to your ankles

that are weighted down with destruction's hate. 

They build a thick glass wall between you and your love

so that you can only watch as they pound on the surface

trying desperately to break through the clear, unrelenting glass,

as you struggle against the ropes holding you down.

But what hurts the most as you stand, unable to escape,

is knowing that the hands that hold you still,

the hands holding you back from the only one you truly love,

are the hands that once, not so long ago,

held you in a loving, motherly, embrace. 

Reviews

[Katie Marie]

Wow, that ending was a bit unexpected, but made everything make sense. You had awesome imagery and I could picture the scene perfectly.
This is a really well written poem Olive.

As always...keep on writing! :)

-Katie

[Impulse]

So a mother prevents her child from reaching the one she truly loves? Not a pleasant situation if my memory serves me correctly. Stunning imagery from this piece. Nice work =]

[M]

Quite sad with powerful imagery that is consistent throughout the poem, which is very hard when dealing with such abstract concepts given physical form. A doleful but refreshing write!

[ThIsDaRkRoAdToNoWhErE]

WooHoo!! Yess, this completely summed up everything lol. To me, in my situation, i felt like i was the rebound guy later on, and felt i was the dummy on strings, being played, betrayed, and being left in the dark all the time with nobody telling me anything. And when I found out the truth about what she had did...Heh! Boy did it hurt!! =/ But, i am getting over it tho. She should've just said somethin to me, that's all. It would've been better for me in that way. Such a very painful ordeal to go thru, but i know that i have to move on. Im getting better tho. Better than I was a few months ago :) But, excellent piece tho, very, very good!! :D

[Emerald Seas]

Wow, a very powerful writing. To love one that you cannot be with, especially knowing they feel this same is a soul wrenching torture.

You've expressed that sentiment in this writing with depth and feeling that your reader grasps with each line.