Hi All,
I have for along time now decided to write poems when I am down.
It is such a stress reliever.<p>Here is one I wrote not to long ago<p>Divorce is such a cruel word, hateful and loud,
People often keep it hidden like some ugly shroud.<p>Like a disease that overtakes what used to be fine,
Like vinegar and gasoline poured into wine.<p>It's bitter and dangerouse and always flares up,
Is there many marriages that don't drink from that cup?<p>Nobody wins, a divorce is a loss,
Of life and love and many years tossed.<p>So what can I say Ive been down that road,
I carry those burdens like a large heavy load.<p>Burdens of children of bills and of pain,
So why did he leave me what did he gain?<p>When I look at him now this man I once knew,
I have to smile because he is now paying his due.<p>The woman he thought was so fine and so nice,
Is now his wife but at what price.<p>His selfrespect gone, his face now so old,
his love with his new wife now has gone cold.<p>Where am I you might ask? Are you happy to be free?
"Yes", I reply "At last I can be me."<p>Jill

Jillybean,<p>In answer to you question....yes yes yes. Sometimes I think that I bleed emotional tears through the end of my pen. I think I posted this to you before, but this is one of my most recent.<p>EMOTIONAL STORMS<p>She tries to navigate
as emotions crash against her brain
Eroding her beaches of
self confidance.<p>She listens intently
for the calm ticking of her heart
Only to be rewarded
With Screams of agony
From Fear, rejection and hurt<p>She valantly attempts
to not load the guns of
revenge and retaliation<p>As she tries to sail
through the emotion filled waters
of love.<p>-Kat-

I used to ... haven't written any since shortly after I met my X.<p>But writing got me through the rough years (16-19) by letting me get the thoughts out of my head and on paper. I still have all those poems, somewhere. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif" border="0[/img]

Talkin' to you on the telephone
Looking at a snapshot of us, but feeling all alone
Broken heart, broken promises, now a broken home...
Oh when do you know it's over? <p>When do you know it's over?
Is it when your heart has died?
Or is it when the one you love
Is by another man's side?
When do you know it's over?
When do you stop the fight...
I can't believe that it's over tonight <p>Pourin' over these past seven years
Rememberin' the very first kiss and laughter and tears
Those of joy, those of pain, and those of all our fears
Oh when do you know when it's over? <p>When do you know it's over?
Is it when your heart has died?
Or is it when the one you love
Is by another man's side?
When do you know it's over?
When do you stop the fight...
I can't believe that it's over tonight <p>Now that I know all the things I didn't do
Now that I'm ready to be the right man for you
Now that I have the heart and will to be true
Why is it now that it's over...?
Why is it now that it's over...?