When you left, when you
walked out that door
from this heaving breast
my heart you tore
A lifetime we had shared
together, you promised
it would be forever
No thought for anyone but
yourself, not even our
children’s health
How I cried both day and night
Weary eyes could see no light
Loneliness was so hard to bear
without your love to share
I went back to school, started
learning, hoping to find a job
to start me earning
The years have passed so quickly by
despite the hours of tears and sighs
Worked so hard to get my degree
it nearly was the death of me
But family love was always there
Friends would also show me care
Poetry has been my aid and to cover
the pain I prayed
Then in the cold dark night
alone in my bed I might
look to the stars and drift away
beyond the sorrows of the day
and there within my dreams
I’d find the tenderness I sorely
missed lying softly on his lips
Now with hope I carry on
then with every setting sun
I put my trust in God above
that one day I will find love
A contest entry
- HOW WOULD YOU COPE WITH LONELINESS????? by Talking Toni.
700 points, ended November 8, 28 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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wow
desertion by the beloved one can ve devastating and yo do feel lonely and broken deep inisde..this poem was written well with that message and i really loved it keep penning -
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sgking123
Hello SG
Thanks for leaving such a lovely comment 
Yes it was and still is very hard to cope, there are scars that I think may never heal, betrayal by the one you love cuts the deepest but somehow we carry on.
I'm glad you enjoyed this poem so much, I did open my heart in this one
Cherry
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I'm so sorry hun! Your pain comes through so clearly in this poem, but I see less bitterness with time, and less anger, just melancholy. But things will get better. I have great faith in you!
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Bruce
Thanks dear friend for such a sensitive and kind comment
I pray things will get better and I still have my dreams
Cherry xxx
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Good for you....
educating yourself, moving forward for your family and giving them a nice life and someday I am sure you will find that love again, hopefully wiith one who truly appreciates you and loves you for life!!! Thanks for your entry in my contest and the best of luck!!!!~~~~Toni~~~~
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TalkingToni
Thank you Toni for the lovely comment
Well that plan was to give them a nice life but while I was on my Uni course I fell and injured my knees. I completed the course but then had to have an op on my knees to correct the positioning of them and relieve the pain. Unfortunately it only increased the pain and triggered Osteoarthritis so I have not been able to work since. The nice life is still a distant dream which I am trying to adapt, (I didn't want to put all this in the poem it may have been too long and depressing
), we have to carry on no matter how hard each day is, trusting God and having a dream, even if you have to adjust it along the way, is for me the only way forward
I often wish he had died it would have been so much easier, I would have collected on his insurance and would still have loved the man I thought he was. But betrayal cuts so much deeper, it takes your heart and your trust away, it makes you feel that your life has been wasted as you gave someone who did not deserve them your most precious years, you feel a failure as you gave your children a father that was unworthy of their love and you can never go back to put it right as you are forced to sit and watch him carry on with his life as if you never even existed while we struggle on with haunting memories.
Cherry xxx
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Poet
Is it not strange how we wanna be poets have much in common? It seems many of us have that cross to bear but the idea that we can release some of that burden thru poetry is somehow a calming force. Well penned & write on poet.
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Bob Fox
You are so right Bob, the more people I meet here the more I see that, exactly as you say, we all have our own cross to bear
and poetry is a wonderful crutch
Thank you so much for the lovely comment
Cherry xxx
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Excellent!
The journey.....hoping we end up where we are supposed to be, and with Faith, we will.
I LOVE the mixed rhyme! And the triumphs still covered in wishes.
We all need best wishes, sending you some!
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MizzConstrued
Thank you dear especially for the wishes they are gratefully received
and I'm sending some back to you with hugs
Cherry xxx
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Beautifully penned ! Touches an
emotional cord each line Cherry ..
A powerful visual eloquently
expressed , thank you for sharing
today !!
Best always & hugs , Friend Easy
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Ez Writer
Thanks Easy Life can be such a battle so all we can do is trust in God
Cherry xxx
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