Here I Stand

Here I stand
Sensing as my heart grows cold
Losing the old feeling of feeling
Blocking myself from any possibility
Of feeling insecurity in your presence
Bracing myself against the coaxing of your voice
Wondering where lies my choice
Of where to go and what to do

Here I stand
Feeling the sting
That every stone brings when you throw it at me
Searing shut every possibly avenue
That pain could use to get through to the inner parts of me
Refusing to admit
That I want to quit
Feeling after the sting from your words has long since faded away

Here I stand
Flaying open a wound supposedly healed
Long ago sealed by bitterness and inescapable pain
Allowing, now, the healing salve of forgiveness to enter
Ignoring the small splinter of resentment that remains
Removing any indication of
Anything but love
So that I can be free to live again

Reviews

[The earth (Titan maphah..]

yeah nice one.......I like it

[Kimberly Pflug]

yeahh, that was amazing, i know we havn't talked in forever..but umm yeah your a great writer. I love love reading your stufff. You great.

[Roberta Weth]

Your poem is lovely , thank you for entering my contest

[Rie Sheridan Rose]

Nicely done...but I think it would be a little stronger if you could maybe find a synonym for one of the "feelings" in the first stanza. There are too many close together there. The other uses of the word are more scattered, which make them work better.

[Luis Gabriel]

nicely done i know you dont know me but that was very good. i liked it alot, it was beautifully done.

[James]

Beautifully written.. I appreciate you sending me this.. Its amazing

[Joanna Colby]

wow, chelsea. that is beautiful. i especially love the middle stanza. you kinda put into words some of the things that i've been feeling lately. good work!

[Erin Hogan]

yes.
i can def. tell that you worked on this long and hard. everything is so perfect. i really can't say anything... beautiful!

[Joanna C. Wiese]

I like the last verse about the open wound buried under bitterness. I like it a lot but I wouldn't know what to rate it so I wont :P

[Mishel Rosario Reyes]

It's hard to be in love, ---Mishel