black and blue

cast our own shadow

~ black and blue ~

~~~

 

 

if what’s said is true...

that eyes are windows to the soul...

I saw your hurt as you stared at me

your alluring eyes green orbs with golden flecks...

your pupils opened like a camera lens

honoring me with a glimpse inside...

you showed me pain...

...betrayal...

...disappointment...

from one you trusted to be more

 than he was...

heartache enough to make a person

throw up their hands

and give up on love...

...forever...

swallowed up in pain and hurt

and never love again...

 

...yet...

 

here you are..

...standing tall...

...bruised...yet...unbroken...

but...bruises heal...

(even the bruises we can't see)

the time will come

when you are whole

with just your faded scars to remind you of

where you’ve been...

what you’ve transcended...

and why you are what you are...

...strong...

...beautiful...

...worthy of all you desire...

 

your eyelid closed in a wink

and your lush red lips...

smiled at me

 

~~~

Reviews

[Michelle Lea]

Just awesome! I like everything about this poem from the descriptive words, to the flow, down to the way you made the lines in different colors; it gets your point across to your readers and expresses what you are trying to say. I can relate to the bruises on the outside as well as the inside, so I really felt the words as I was reading it and the part ....."when you are whole with just your faded scars to remind you of where you’ve been...strong... beautiful..worthy of all you desire"..this was my fav part cause she gains her strength back & moves on!