Resiliency
Horoscope Series: "You've been through worse"
I spent every ounce of my resiliency on surviving you,
you and your screams of disapproval, your insistence that you knew best even when you were completely and proveably wrong
you and your distrust, your inability to see the truth because you saw a reflection of yourself instead of seeing me
you and the way you take and take and take well past when there is anything left to give,
so when nothing is left, you can spit your venom in disgust.
I had to rebuild everything,
find my peace, and stretch my limitations out again from scratch.
It turns out old wounds don't make new pain any easier.
About the Creator
Keep reading
More stories from Kay Husnick and writers in Poets and other communities.
Decluttering
You left a mess for me to clean up on my own, and I'm still working through it. Weeks later, the empty cans are still where you left them on the floor. Swiss cheese is growing mold in the fridge. The plants are dead on the window sill, but I threw out your loofa and took the pictures off the fridge.
By Kay Husnick3 months ago in Poets
Create Your Personal Vocal Homepage
I'm not a Vocal Newbie (not that there's anything wrong with that), and I'm technologically comfortable. But, I'm also perhaps too comfortable. I think I know, even if I know that I don't know what I don't know, I still think I know more that I do know.
By Judey Kalchik 3 days ago in Writers
Comments (3)
Though it does mean you've likely built up a little more resiliency & aren't quite so blindsided by it. Though beware, it may also lead to you becoming jaded such that you become so guarded you miss it when true love actually does come knocking at your door. Finding yourself in another is a wonderful thing. Only seeing reflected what you already know & believe of yourself is quite another.
Your poem was so relatable and it made me so emotional. Your last line especially hit me so hard!
This is a beautiful ode to resilience! Each stanza is like a battle cry, making us to embrace our scars and find beauty in our brokenness.