Before You...

Before You...

A Poem by Kathrine Rethorn
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Just a little thing I wrote about my lover whom I am entirely grateful for.

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Before You…

My world was an ice age
Where the sun never shined
My bed was the bucket
Where I emptied my sorrows 
I crafted many masks
To deceive those around me. 
A tangled mass of iron
Rested heavy in my chest
And weighed me down
Till my feet sank deep 
Into the ground
I was drowning

Then you come and shoot
Apart the mass with a shining
Arrow of light that ignites a fire
Behind my eyes 
The roots that keep me contained
dissolve and set me free 
My body lightens 
To the weight of a feather
my room is no longer
a cave I crawl to when my legs give way
my smile is no longer transparent 

Before you I was dead
but now, as you hold
my hand, caress my cheek 
and capture my gaze 
I can live again.  

© 2017 Kathrine Rethorn


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Funny how love turns everything around.
Long may it continue.

Posted 6 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Always be grateful for love. Thank you for the words.

Posted 6 Years Ago



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Added on August 16, 2017
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Kathrine Rethorn
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My name is Kathrine Rethorn. Obviously, I am a writer. Stories and poems. I focus on realistic horror, romance, occasional erotica and mystery. Themes are usually dark or serious. I have some hobbie.. more..

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