Mine: To Have and to Hold
"If it's destroying you, then it isn't love, my dear." ~ Unknown
By Caroline JanePublished about a year ago • 1 min read
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I saw you standing,
a proud tower of Eden.
I had to have you.
With splinters of ice,
that I laid in clement times,
I got into you.
Exploiting weakness
and eroding your softness.
I made you brittle.
Now, you fall apart
into my ocean abyss.
Piece by piece, you're mine.
About the Creator
Caroline Jane
Warm-blooded vertebrate, domesticated with a preference for the wild. Howls at the moon and forages on the dark side of it. Laughs like a hyena. Fuelled by good times and fairy dust. Writes obsessively with no holes barred.
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Comments (3)
Sending hugs for this amazing poem, as always wonderful words Caroline
Oh wow, you did an amazing job making me feel! Those last few lines held so much emotion. Excellent.
This is gorgeous. Very well done.