Wrinkled Curtains
Between Us
it would make sense if you were dead
but you're not
all the pretty memories, perhaps, maybe, would stay alive
but they don't
behind your wrinkled curtains lies the black
the raw shitty self
no god can take away your guilt
i sit peeling a boiled egg staring into your truth
i can see right through your tattered fabric
the light is weak
but i see clearly now
how pitiful it is to be you
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ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)
~ American feminist living in Sweden ~ SHE/HER
Admin. Vocal Social Society
Find me: @andreapolla63.bsky.social
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Why did you leave me? Why did you decide I was too much when I was barely enough for myself to hold on to? You were my favourite person in the world. Your love allowed me to grow beautiful, feathered wings. One day, when generations of trauma and pain nested in my body, sparking unimaginable physical and emotional agony, my wings snapped.
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"Nicely explained!"
Congratulations dear great job
🎉 Congrats on getting Top Story!!! 🥳 Well deserved and super proud of you! 🙌✨👏
Dang. The hurt in this is deep. Congratulations on top story.
congrats on ts!!! those tiny details like the eggs and the shelves in this deep poem gives it so much relatability.
Very good work, congrats 👏
Wow, this is shocking, strange, and at the same time relatable. Congratulations on Top story
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
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This piece is incredibly powerful and raw. The way you capture the complexity of emotions, guilt, and self-reflection is so gripping. I really love the vivid imagery, especially the line "peeling a boiled egg staring into your truth." It's such a unique and striking detail that adds depth to the narrative. Your writing evokes such a strong sense of discomfort and clarity at the same time. It's impressive how you can convey such intense feelings with such simplicity and strength. Beautifully done!
whoooooaaaaaa. this is a slugger. rock, welcome back. thank you 💙
But you’re not, but they don’t. Such powerful words. They pack a punch. Congratulations and welcome back ❤️
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Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
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What powerful lines-- amazing.
At last! Someone sees me! Powerful words, Andrea.
Powerful.
Glad you are the right side of this difficult situation, excellent words
Wow! What a return. This was a belter. I love the last line so much.
Well-wrought! "It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill Gollum when he had the chance." "Pity? It's pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.' "I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides that of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring, in which case you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
Oh, there are a few people I would tell this to, Andrea. Well said.
Wow well written I think it spoke deep ♦️♦️♦️
Sometimes, all we have to do is take off our rose coloured glasses to see things as it is. Loved your poem! You've been gone for so long, I've missed you. Hope you're doing well