I am cutting the strings today
One by one they've been fraying-
twisting, creaking,
ready to
snap.
So I am cutting the strings today
(the ones upon my heart
that led from me to you)
the ones I travelled down
on shaking, uneasy feet
to see if you still breathed.
I am cutting those strings today
Fragile and weak now-
they would no longer support my feet
should I try to travel down
And there will be spaces
There will be holes-
where the sharp edges of
each
thread pierces me
upon the recoil
and
snap
of the break.
Author notes
I've never written someone off before. Somehow- I seem to keep people in my life even after our relationship is in tatters. After it's obvious that the particular person is no longer 'good' for me. My ex's, family members who only drag me down... I keep these people around. And I've just made a stunning realization-
I don't have to.
Written December 17th, 2005
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amen to that. i've certainly been where you are in this piece, and you've written it down beautifully here.
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wow- an interesting connection between two ideas, and woven well.
-Glass
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Carry on cutting those strings cos they grow back when u least expect. Lovely words for a familiar feeling . thank you
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heaven
freedom. your wings beautiful against the sky, and i am watching you. ascend -
"So I am cutting the strings today
(the ones upon my heart
that led from me to you)
the ones I travelled down
on shaking, uneasy feet
to see if you still breathed"
This verse gets to me......so deep and meaningful.......
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