That One Word and I Am Wasted
Strung from one word to another,
the depth of despair just overwhelming,
one word as if time had stopped
and all matter suddenly unstable,
a heart compressed into a hard stifled ball,
flesh as if stretched into unfathomable states,
and mind pulsing like a bomb
one step from explosion,
the end of all known and unknown.
How can pain deliver such impact,
such harsh and eloquent decimation,
like dreams smashed into infinitesimal pieces,
obliterated in a moment,
and as consequence the world fluid,
shaping and reshaping reality
into a frantic shape-shifting frenzy,
thoughts shattered and words apart,
no sense or thought appraised.
Heartbeats like tiny fluttering desperation,
hardly there at all, so quickly a blur,
and a vacant face, expressionless,
flown to the height of confusion,
and broken all, as if glass upon a stone floor,
as that word reverberates,
in a dull echo of seeming distance,
a word with spiked poisonous barbs,
having struck already, broken life.
Rooms disassemble,
whirling chairs and tables, cushions and photos
in a vortex of swirling pain,
life and memory as if laden with blame,
vacate reality with hard reproach,
as all that was is gone, blasted away,
as if it never was, it never meant anything,
and I am wasted, torn and forlorn,
as that one word lingers…goodbye.
Tony DeLorger © 2016
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Oh! That word “Goodbye” is so final. There are so many other terms to use that promise another get together. I much prefer “Cheers!” . You are right, Tony – a goodbye can be very painful. Such a well phrased verse and strong message.
Glad you appreciated the work Phyllis, as you say goodbye is so final. Cheers! (not goodbye. Lol)
Your wonderful poetry gives pause to words like good bye which sound so final. It’s like the sound of a slamming door. I prefer see you.
Thanks Rasma, goodbye is so final and yet we all have to face it at some time. Glad you appreciated the work. Cheers!
Good byes are sometimes inevitable when life offers us no other choice..but what surprises me the most is how easily some people say it and step out of a relation which may have been special once, leaving hearts torn and broken…so emotive as always Tony..thank you so much for sharing your heartfelt words..
Pleased you appreciated them Anjana, and thank you for you support and kindness. Cheers!