So many losses and bitter ends in this bleak season, she’s lost count. Trying to please one may leave others in bitter deprivation. Impulsive actions, even with loving intentions, become too many blunders that add insult to injury. Communicating regrets is now worthless falling on deaf ears; broken hearts are just too hurt with feelings of abandonment harden over time in bitter stone.
memories
tainted with despair
and broken promises
tears filled with regrets
rubbed in old wounds
©Tournesol’17/11/18
Such sadness in the face of hopelessness.
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Yup.
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What a picture of despair that is.. bitter stone indeed! Thanks for sharing!
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I like how the prose section and the Tanka complement each other.
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Thanks so much.
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Oh dear…really is a deep in autumn tanka…..strong words…
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Intense thoughts stir my muse. Thanks so much, Hamish.
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