Two Paths, Once One
After last night’s storm the tulip
petals are strewn across the patio
where they mortally fluttered.
Church, Jim Harrison
Anger has a heat of its own, yet
doubles in intensity when returned.
Words spoken without thought
cannot be unsaid.
They hang in the air, inflict pain,
each echo an eternity.
Shaken, the path we shared
now lies fractured, with no going back.
This poem is my response to Poetics: Songs of Unreason, the prompt from Linda Lee Lyberg at dVerse ~ Poets Pub, which is to use one of eight offered lines by Jim Harrison as an epigraph.
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…hard to do
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Thank you for sharing.
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🙂 Always with a great pleasure. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. xx Michael
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This is gorgeously encapsulated! 💝 Anger is one of the many deeply rooted emotions and to have absolute control over it is an art .. I can’t tell you how many times I have said those words and have had them said to me .. many moons ago when I was younger. Yes, they echo an eternity.
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Thank you, Sanaa.
About that “eternity”… One can live without regret, but one must never forget.
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Echo an eternity was also the line that resonated with me. Those cuts can be bandaged but they never heal. (K).
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No matter what some may say, some things cannot be forgiven.
Thank you, Kerfe.
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I agree.
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And yet maybe, forgiveness is still possible? A worthy message, Ken.
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Thank you, Sanaa.
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Wounds inflicted by words never heal, they remain green forever or echo in eternity! Beautifully described.
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Thank you.
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100% agreed. An offhand or thoughtless comment or cavalier attitude corrodes goodwill. A pattern of it washes the bridge of goodwill away.
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Head nodding in agreement. Thank you, Lisa.
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You’re welcome.
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Really well done Ken. You are so right words spoken can never be taken back…. even when forgiven!
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Thank you, Dwight.
Maybe we should have a button :”Erase memory.” But then, would we want it?
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Sometimes those negative experiences are what keep us on track today!
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This is so relatable, very nicely penned!
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Thank you. 🙂
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These words really make me think, Ken. Thank you for that.
❤
David
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Thank you for your thoughts, David.
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A reminder to choose our words wisely, they are imprints that are hard to wash away once said.
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True, and sometimes they’re etched. Thank you.
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Sometimes, I think the words spoken in haste haunt us even more than those we uttered them to. Well done Ken.
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Thank you, Linda.
And thanks for the prompt.
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Words are vibrations and do matter. You put it well, Ken.
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Thank you, Barb.
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My pleasure!
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So much truth and inspiration woven in your poem. Bravo
Happy you dropped by to read mine
Much love…
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🙂 Thank you, Gillena.
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Such truth spoken by these words…they really echo loud! ❤
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Thank you.
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It’s amazing that so many paths in life are impossible to backtrack… so often true that they are heading toward the crossroad of parting.
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Unfortunately, there is no true roadmap for life.
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Angry words cut like a sword and who can tame the tongue?
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Sadly true.
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Some gems in your lines….two thoughts I take away…that the return doubles the intensity, and reaching the point of no return..
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Yes, until complete separation becomes self-sustaining.
Thank you.
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Strewn tulips representing anger that doubles and spreads … is beautiful and brilliant. Well done.
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Thank you, Helen.
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A stark, resounding warning, Ken!
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Thank you, Ingrid. 🙂
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