Friday, February 11, 2011

Alphabe-Thursday-Flash Friday 55: R is for Rebirth

Reflecting,
remembrances 
slowly revealed

Rough, 
ragged,
rancorous,
filled with rage

Reaching back further…
recalling those 
long repressed

Without remorse,
resistance,
or urge to run,
memories are resurrected

Whether real or revised
doesn’t matter, 
really,
for the resentments 
reign,
restrain,
hold me ransom

Relief…
not through retaliation,
but through resolve:
recognizing,
releasing,
refusing
bondage’s grip

Rebirth

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jenny Matlock

17 comments:

G-Man said...

Polly...
Excellent job on both prompts.
Thanks for thinking about Me, much obliged.
Thanks for not being so Reclusive!
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...G

G-Man said...

Right-On!!!

TALON said...

It's an amazing journey and definitely worth every ounce of effort.

Beautiful 55.

Mine is: Crimson

moondustwriter said...

When you come out the other end you are better for it if you can squelch those resentments, rages, retaliations


smiles for your day

Donnie said...

That was deep and very creative.

gautami tripathy said...

good one!

lined up...

Judie said...

Relief and rebirth! That's what we all need, Polly!!

Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler said...

It makes me feel like slipping out of a net. Just like a fishy.

Monkey Man said...

Heavy alliteration.

Brian Miller said...

rrrrrrrreally good polly...smiles. i like the word rancorous...

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful message in your poem. Very nicely done.

Mona said...

that is a great poem! I love the alliteration!

Cheryl said...

Amazing, Polly. Simply amazing.

Anonymous said...

Aahh...refreshing and really creative!!
An excellent positive 55!

Splendid Little Stars said...

How brave to resurrect rancorous memories. And then releasing! aahh...a rebirth!
perfect!

Pondside said...

The release - just in time!

Jenny said...

Oh girl!

This was amazing. I am late getting here this week, but what a treasure I've gotten to almost last!

Your words are so compelling!

Strong and lovely!

Thanks for linking.

A+

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