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This Lonely Journey

This Lonely Journey

 

I held you to my breast;
nurtured you, fiercely loved you my child.
Now you walk this line of fear,
You are on this lonely journey, and I weep.

 

I walk it too.
Locking the fear in a box, inside.
Deep inside.
I feel it pushing, bursting to be released,
it is stronger than me.
I paint on a smile; but my voice betrays me.
It breaks; and I cough to hide it,
a tear trickles silently, unbidden.

 

You my child have a strength born of youth.
Each word you deliver is a punch from which I recoil.
A mothers strength is not unlimited not without pause.
We would gladly pay money and take that ride but we cannot.

 

Instead, we wrestle with that overstuffed suitcase of fear,
we paint on the most dazzling smile, but if you look closely the eyes will tell all.
We let you believe we are ignorant of the worst .. we are not.
So until you win the battle which you will; 
we wait for those quiet moments when our tears can flow unchecked and our sobs cannot be heard.
When it is over we are still there; smiling, but one piece less.

 

© 2018 Taylor Crowshaw

 

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Comments

<Deleted User> (18118)

Sun 4th Nov 2018 14:37

Very moving, heartfelt, beautiful.
This poem is filled with pain and love.

Hannah

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Peter Taylor

Fri 2nd Nov 2018 07:58

A stand-out piece indeed, more than authentic, one of your very best. Thank you.

peter T

Big Sal

Thu 1st Nov 2018 11:22

Raw emotion + film-like quality of expression = Taylor's poem.

"and cough to hide it" - so relatable that it carries humility like a torch. Well done.

I feel you though, Taylor, from first-hand experience and even on a bad day the sun shines brightly.?

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Don Matthews

Thu 1st Nov 2018 10:30

Well done Taylor ?

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Hugh

Thu 1st Nov 2018 09:46

A great poem re the worry of a loving mother re the walk of innocence on the dangerous path of a young loved one's life.Well done .

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Jon Stainsby

Thu 1st Nov 2018 08:20

Magical, Taylor.

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