Well this is going to be a deeply personal blog. I was talking to a friend this morning who is going through a great deal. Relationships are hard and we would all be liars if we didn’t admit our hearts have a mind of their own sometimes. I have role models with strong hearts that are committed and focused, but even the strongest hearts tend to wander off the straight and narrow path. I have so many friends who do or have had a straying heart. My husband and I have been together many years and are both guilty of the feelings I put into the poem below. It also summarizes how so many of my friends feel. These feelings are not uncommon and are probably in some fashion a bit normal. However, some things should remain unsaid…Pandora’s box can be a hard and painful box to shut once opened.
If I could say
The things I cannot say
I would say a few things
That I would need to unsay
Like how I need you
How I adore you
How I need the love
You hide inside
Locked away
From a world with eyes
Tucked away tight
With a Lulla Bye
Some feelings are deadly
To the spirit of life
Some feelings are selfish
And fearful of trust
Some feelings hurt
When reality hits
Some feelings destructive
Leaving casualties behind
Best to keep some things
Hidden in a box
With treasures unsaid
Although they hunger for light
They must be starved in the dark
Sometimes………..
You just have to tell love goodnight
Is it telling Love goodnight, or just one form of it?
One thing that keeps me straight is that there’s nothing I could have with someone else that’s worth risking what I have with my girl.
Yes….one form. New love is attractive and shiny but old love is reliable and just as beautiful. I love the idea of old love and I would never give that up. I think if it is true love though the correct form of love would survive alongside all your other loves. lol….what do I know.
Yes honey sometimes you have to tell it goodbye. To save yourself and everyone around you….
You’re absolutely right. Even though my heart is broken, I know it will heal. And I will be okay. Better.
Taming a stray heart is a hard thing to master, but it most be done. Great post, Hasty!
Well, not all of us, unfortunately…
Occasionally so. But I love your optimism. I wish I only saw the full half of the glass.
Saweet!! Thank you so much!!
I must say, your picture is beautiful! Wow! …And the piece is delicate, yet bold… Expressive and creative. Lovely. Thank you for sharing!
~ Jen
idden in a box
With treasures unsaid
Although they hunger for light
They must be starved in the dark
Most relationships whether old or new its difficult to balance both unless the old relationship is of no important.
Great poem by far the best.
That balance is pretty tricky, isn’t it? But it’s workable, with practice, and with the right lenses, and the right vision.
Yes, it takes effort, work, knowledge, acceptance……and a bunch of other things I am not clever enough to think of.