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Getting Rid Of You Once And For All
Getting Rid Of You Once And For All
I'm going to take this piece of paper
And draw a heart in the middle
Just a little bitty heart
All scruffy and torn
Bleeding maybe
Broken up
Shorn
and
I
will
use this
pencil here
to write your name
inside that pitiful heart
because you're the one who hurt it
the one who made it bleed and tear and rend
and then I'll take this little eraser
and I'll rub right on your name
until it's all gone--kaput
and I won't ever ever
have to see it
ever again
because
once
I
do it
you'll be
gone from my life
for good. And I can rest.
I can get on with my life and live
and maybe even love again if I can just
erase you somehow from my broken, bleeding heart.
I swear, you seem to know me already...:) I read this and yes..it's exactly how I feel right now. I just had a 'love life' issue with the one man on this earth I'll love until the day I die...I may have lost him forever, but this takes away some of my deep heartbreak...again, I thank you.
You're my new consolation. Any emotion or event I feel or endure, you seem to have the words to make it better and to make it clear...I'm so glad I 'know' you...:)
Jessica!
How did I miss this one? Well, maybe since you have so many offerings, I haven't gotten to them all.
But this good---I like the thought/idea, the expression and...the shape thingy is cute too. Pretty darn good, girl.
Kim
Jessica...
Oh, if only it were as easy as getting an eraser to your heart and rubbing away the memories of and emotions for someone who hurt or betrayed you! Life and love would be so much simpler!
Very relateable piece, and I must comment on how eye-catching the shape of this poem is. WOW!
A nicely shaped poem with some real heart-felt meaning. I also like the twist at the end. Reminds me of a twist at the end of one of my own poems, "Over You."
That is freakin' COOL! Wow. I really like the whole shape thing that your poem has going on here. The message behind the poem is very strong, too. I really like the way you use the English language.
I'm going to go eat my Americanized Chinese food now, but I'll be back to read more of your work in a bit!