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‘Metamorphosis’
Because you pushed
Me away
You said
Looking in, forgetting
Conveniently what
Snapped at me
Before
And I asked you
Not to talk to me
That way
I’m afraid
It will become
A daily occurrence
Because you don’t
Respect me
Enough to treat
Me with love
And kindness
I watched you treat
Your mother
With contempt
Before
But maybe
You’ve found someone
Else to take
The blame
For your anger
And pain
Where do we fit
In to the grand
Scheme of things?
Marriage
A family
A home
A lover
A friend
Is it all to be
For nothing less
Than another
End?
I know you are hurt
In chronic pain
Everyday
I watch you
Pacing, shifting
Moving, frustrated
And bored
You can’t
Or won’t settle
And you distance
Yourself
Defensive over
Nothing
I can do for you
How can you find love?
When fear
Is driving you
To lash out
At me
Only me
When I love you
And I can’t do anything
To fix this
Torture and
Torment
Let it go
Softness is strength
Tears are healing
Together we can
Learn to trust
And fall in love
Again
‘Hurt’ by Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails)
© Copyright 2015, Jodine Derena Butler & ‘Poetry Out West’. All Rights Reserved
Poetry Out West 
Softness is strength. Yielding but unbreakable like sapling.
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Yes! Being able to bend…Thank you. Jx
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This poem touches my heart. Sweet and sad.
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Yes it is. Thank you. Jx
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Why is it people need to ‘Blame someone’ for things that go wrong. This was perhaps the one really bad trait of Tigr’s. He was always searching for the point of ‘Blame’ and always fearing being it. It was a massive task to get him to try and see that sometimes things just are.
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I think people feel their own hurt and then project it onto others. Maybe it’s coming from an internalized abuser…Part of the persons past. Jx
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An excellent and very sad post.
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Thank you. Yes it’s very sad. ‘Everyone I know, goes away in the end’… that song just makes me cry. I love it! Jx
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I love this. Reminds of my son and makes me sad.
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Thank you. It is sad 😯
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I have a tattoo of Johnny Cash. My grandmother loved him, but I think of my grandfather. This video ‘hurt’ just blew me away when I watched it. I had to write a poem. The movie ‘Walk the Line’ with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon is one to watch. Jx
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