Tell me
if time erodes pain
why then
does time
build
calcification
and stalagmites
and stalactites
why does time
raise from their graves
the new land drowned and reborn
why does time
etch hurt so deeply in frown
why does memory
deepen like a well sourced burn
why do my empty arms
catch in motion and fall
lost by my side
why if time erases me
in your heart and your mind
do I stand here
years from now
in similar light
with a chest full of hurt
not altered
not changed
TheFeatheredSleep 
I hear you clearly!
Yeah, good question?
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Thank you!
Time.. our friend and foe at the same time
Beautifully written❤
So Beautiful and well written, makes one think about it… Good question, indeed.
I love the last eight lines.
Beautiful
Perhaps because your ability to love is stronger and deeper! And you feel things more intensely!
And your heart is bigger and more loving! Perhaps time holds these things to fine tune and teach you so that you can write such exquisite things! 🙂 ❤
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Natalie I agree. Some people do have an ability to love very deeply though no easily or often if more than once. As such it is a little bit uneven or unequal if the other person does not have the capacity to do so.
Most touching
Dear Jodine thank you so much! I really appreciate that!
Thank you very much Iris for saying so and reading this poem xo
Thank you so very much for your very kind and appreciated words!
Very true! Very true! Thank you so much lovely girl xo
Thank you my friend
My pleasure. Thank you!
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”Tis so true my friend. My husband loves me. I’ve never doubted that but he is very limited in his ability to express it. But the fault lies with the damage his mother did to him and so I understand but I need more than he can give so yes there are inequalities. But there are other things to be considered and weighed which balanced it out somewhat. But I could never walk away from a basically good man who does love me, who takes good care of me in other ways, and who would never physically harm me. Life is hard and we don’t always get what we want. But at some point we have to realize when want we do have is so much more than others and so it is enough. 😊❤️
That’s very honest and true. I think many times in relationships we would like total equality but it’s almost impossible, it is said one always loves the other most, though I have learned love takes many forms and sometimes the more verbalized is not as honest as the acted upon xo
”Tis true! The lack of intimacy early on has been the hardest reality for me to deal with. ❌⭕️
Intimacy is SO important and so often neglected
Yes it is sadly😊❤️
As with all your poems I feel his one deeply.
Time wounds all heals. ❤ Yes, I agree with this so much.
Wow. I cannot get enough. You are a beautiful human. Your soul walks in step with the human you present to others. It is simply a joy and a relief to meet one such as yourself. You are not disrupted by self-doubt. You are your pain. You are an immortal.
Time, oh time, we have so much of it at times that it gets overwhelming
You know how I feel about this: time does not fucking heal all wounds! You gave me “the feels” again.
Ain’t it? They say … but who are THEY to say?
Exactly!