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Savage Woman

Mutual Destruction

By Ruth StewartPublished 11 months ago 1 min read
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Savage Woman
Photo by Artem Kovalev on Unsplash

Grief, like a leaden blanket

Wraps around my heart;

Swollen tears plop

On to the layered fabric of our cherished relationship,

Landing next to the cyber sex cigar burns,

Ash scattered fake kisses

And thrusting hips as knives,

Slashing the fabric.

The tiny silken stitches of previous forgiveness's

Torn, frayed, destroyed.

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About the Creator

Ruth Stewart

I'm a grandmother of four amazing grandchildren and a mum of three fabulous children. I write poetry mainly, also prose and the odd story. I live in Scotland, UK. For a secret link to watch me read my favourite poems click right here!

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  • Hannah Moore8 months ago

    This is great, I really like the violence of the language around the lustful, damaging actions contrasting against the soft fragility of the imagery around tenderness.

  • thank you for sharing such a great art work. your words it's so powerful that makes me want to reply it with another poem.

  • Babs Iverson8 months ago

    Courageous raw, powerfully written!!!❤️❤️💕

  • Lamar Wiggins8 months ago

    Intense, and yet the release seems gratifying. Thank for sharing.

  • Mackenzie Davis8 months ago

    Wow. “Swollen tears plop On to the layered fabric of our cherished relationship” The words relating to physical injury and fabrics were meaningfully matched in this poem. I never would have thought to relate them yet the pairing works beautifully to show the contrasting emotions of hurt and anger. At the same time, you link them both to passion in love and separation. Maybe im not expressing this well enough…but the point is that I see and appreciate your metaphors!

  • Judey Kalchik 8 months ago

    This grief feels like the smoldering chill left from anger exhausted. I'm glad Paul shared it today.

  • ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • Dana Crandell10 months ago

    A tragic picture, well painted.

  • Heather Hubler10 months ago

    This felt like words bleeding on the screen. Tragic, beautiful writing.

  • This was very raw and vivid. Great Prose

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