I Thought I’d Moved Past This
My Own Undoing
When the lonely lingers
And my doubts arise
The fear remembers
Every scar that I hide
Highlighting emotions
I’ve kept shoved way down deep
Tearing me open
Stealing my peace
Leaving me frozen
Unable to sleep
Afraid and alone
As the emptiness creeps
Guarded again, hiding in plain sight
Insecurities seep
As I wait for daylight
To come and save me
And revive my life
I thought I’d moved past this
Let it go let it die
But this ghost comes to revisit
Till my peace is all gone
And I’m back in this prison
With these bars that I don
Chains depleting my vision
Wrapped up with unending guilt
In a constant collision
With the truth and the lies
That compounds my division
Resurrected at night
When the sleeplessness comes
All alone as I cry
For relief that leaves me undone
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Comments (22)
Congrats on Top Story! This dripped with melancholy in the best way
the pretty thing about poetry is sharing our feelings through written words i loved the verses
This one feels like an exact echo of my heart. Thank you for sharing this!
Beautifully written. Those dang ghosts...
Very heartbreaking with such a beautiful rhythm 💝👌🥰
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What a beautiful and haunting poem. Congratulations on Top Story.
Beautiful, Kelli. I felt this poem in my bones. Congratulations on Top Story! 💗
Some very good imagery. Congrats on top story! :D
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wow, some great lines like constant collision with truth and lies. Loved it. I think there is an error in this line? With these bars that I don
Beautiful writing and well-worthy of the Top Story, congrats!! You caught lightning in a bottle with this one.
Beautifully written.
In a poem of such somberness (“All alone as I cry….”), it is nevertheless powerful and moving. Continue to make great art. I will share.
What a great personal journal entry.
Sending support for your wonder words
Back to say well done on a deserved and sublime Top Story!
I want to give you a big hug! Loneliness can eat at our what if's in the night. May writing be a part of your healing journey as it is mine. Sadly beautiful.
Being a prisoner of the past abuse sometime hard to be free from . I hope you can on another nice vacation again. You deserve it .
Sooooo poignant and emotional! Loved it so much!
Ouch...so beautifully penned, yet so profoundly sad. Sublime writing, Kelli. As a sidenote of self-promotional silliness, my latest poem features a shout-out to you among other people. Just wanted to let you know :)