poetry everyday
I meant
poetry
every
day
when it's easy
and not
when the tears
stuff my stomach
with paralysis
when grief
makes me curl
tight on a bed
around a pillow
when I miss you
and you
when I can't see
straight ahead
let alone around corners
when every time I think
it's getting better
the news
bad news
takes over
when love wraps me
in arms and I pray
you will always be here
that you won't leave
in spite of my infidelity
my inability to keep faith
with my own self
when you won't return
and I hope you will
but I know this hope
is hopeless
I said poetry
every day
164 to go
poetry
here's to promises
kept
© Valerie Bridgeman
July 21, 2013
July 21, 2013
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