Tag: hurt

Risk vs. Reward

She’s not bullet proof

But neither is she fragile

Words wound, but don’t kill

Risk versus reward

Glomming onto a spotlight

Falling in shadows

She could double down

Accelerate the damage

Or wave a white flag

Sighs

Sighs

By Leslie Noyes

Whisper on the wind

Exhale an aggravation

The universe hears

Barely audible

A cry of untold anguish

Stifled, but still felt

Her sighs have meaning

As conduits for her pain

He misreads them all

The Hurt

Friends through skinned knees and brownie scouts, shared all the secrets we’d figured

Out. Built our circle of misfit toys, hardly noticing the slights of those boys who found us too

Juvenile. We weren’t easy, but neither were we prudes. Eager to please, shy around those

More crude. Then I moved away, torn from our safety net; you found yourself caught in

Another web. Do you recall telling me that my leaving was the best thing that could have

Happened for you? I cannot imagine saying that to someone who’d been my friend.

But then maybe friendship was an illusion, and being discarded was the ugly truth. 

I’ve forgiven you, but no longer trust you. Your silence now speaks volumes. Who are you?

Another Cut

Right here.
You can’t see it,
but there’s a
tiny cut,
horizontal across
my soul.
It intersects
another
slice at a
right angle.

Normally I’d
enjoy such
precision, but
this array
is more
disturbing
than
appealing,
And totally
unnecessary.