Cut Loose But Whole

Keep me in the fold,
for I have lived apart
yet yearning from the start
to be normal, complicit in pretense,
that I am one of you.

Now shunned for all I am,
misconstrued and in demand
for punishment,
all the giving without self in mind,
now seems to be maligned.

Compliant I have been,
except the malicious attacks on me,
gave not me reason to respond,
and so in sadness I withdraw,
no remnant of the past restored.

The fold now elsewhere,
cares not my years of support,
just a callous casting aside,
from lies of last resort,
that vanquish my given love.

Now hurt is all there is,
haunting dreams and memories seared,
linger long and hard,
reminding me of dark facades,
that I accepted out of kindness.

As families split,
over pointless rifts,
and intentions surface in slaps,
to awaken the beast in flagrant feasts,
from souls I thought I knew.

To face this truth and in forgiveness
this ruse to cease,
I must allow these souls their ways,
regardless of the hurt, the maze
in which they tenuously live.

And in forgiveness,
I will eventually let go,
in sadness for what I’ve lost,
and even though the wounds still raw,
I’ll accept the unnecessary cost.

Tony DeLorger © 2017

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Full time author, freelance writer, poet and blogger since 1999. Twenty one published works, past winner of 'Poet of the Year' on HubPages, 'Poem of the Year' on The Creative Exiles, writer for Allpoetry.com, Google+, tonydwtf.blogspot.com.au
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