Remember the Woman You Once Knew
For she is but a memory
She feels the scars and wounds that she lives with every day,
They tell the story of all she has experienced,
The lessons learned,
The heart broken,
The pain,
The glory,
The happiness that lives forever in her memories.
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Would she change her past world?
No never,
As this is the person she needs to be today.
***
Will her world change her?
Yes, tomorrow she’ll be a girl you’ve never met,
A girl you don’t know,
A girl grown,
Broken,
A mess,
A bundle of possibilities.
***
Will you take the time to meet this new girl that has wandered into your life?
No,
Maybe,
She doubts it.
***
Instead she thinks you’ll make assumptions,
Based on who you once knew her to be,
Never expanding the notion,
She’s no longer the girl you believe you know.
***
She’s different,
Hopefully a better version of who she once was,
On her way to who she’s destined to become,
Still broken,
Still an unholy mess of emotions,
A new woman who has experienced this world,
A mixture of fresh scars,
Old wounds,
Traumatic pain,
And an acceptance of who she is today.
***
Only to find when she sleeps,
She wakes as a stranger once more,
An enigma,
A puzzle of confusion,
Indecision,
Wisdom,
And indestructible strength.
***
A woman of yesterday, tomorrow and the version that stands proudly before you.
Who is she now?
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Comments (5)
Wonderfully written. Well done, my friend.
This was so powerful! Always changing for the better. Beautiful poem!
I have no idea, but I'd like to get to know her.
You capture the essence of feminine emotion and growth in this beautifully! We are so often prejudiced by our past lives. GREAT poem!! 💖
Beautiful. Fitting for many of us