It’s the kind words that hurt the most.
not the playground names but
the love you before you catch
the train to a new city,
the I’m proud of you when your father
takes your hand in his, mottled with liver spots .
the I’m sorry that transforms
comfortable anger into aching regret.
we are a powerless in the face of love,
held hostage by the threat that
it might slip from our fingers.
it is unbearable.
it is exquisite
©Sarah Collins
I am a writer and recent from the University of Cambridge in the UK. I love to write poetry, fiction and journalism and travel writing and regularly perform spoken word poetry. I love discovering new original poetry from writers on wordpress, twitter and instagram and am excited to see all the guest posts on this blog. My blog handle is sarahcollinswrites.wordpress.com
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Your last verse…grabbed my little heart and wouldn’t let go.
Gorgeous x
It wasn’t actually my verse. It was written by the lovely Sarah Collins. This is her guest post for The Poetry Bar. All praises go to her!
Then I rephrase and change my pronoun to Her.
Beautiful xx
Touched my heart!❤️
Thanks so much Sameera, please follow my site https://sarahcollinswrites.wordpress.com/ to see more of my poetry <3
You’re writing is so beautiful and captivating it clearly comes from the heart absolutely beautiful.
Actually, this is Sarah’s work and guest post for The Poetry Bar and I agree. It’s absolutely beautiful. <3
It certainly is I absolutely agree great choice by the way.❤️
Thanks so much for your kind words. please follow my site https://sarahcollinswrites.wordpress.com/ if you would like to see more of my poetry <3
I absolutely will follow your poem was beautiful I hope you have a wonderful day.❤️
I’ve only recently discovered your poetry, and I have enjoyed a lot of what I’ve read. From what I’ve seen, your writing is brutally honest, and this piece is no exception. But there’s a subtlety in this particular poem that really struck me. It has a haunting quality that resonates throughout. I just really enjoyed this one, and I wanted to say thanks.
You should give all of your thanks to Sarah Collins. This is her poem and her guest post for The Poetry Bar. Thank you for the compliments, but this one is all on the talented Sarah 😀
Awesome
thank you so much! more of my work is on https://sarahcollinswrites.wordpress.com/ if you’re interested <3
thank you so much Luna for posting my poem, means so much to me! to anyone who enjoyed this poem please follow me on sarahcollinswrites.wordpress.com for more poetry. <3
Well spoken words. Wish you all the best. Anand Bose from Kerala