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I Am Not Shocked Anymore (re-post)
by Ken HarnischI am not shocked anymore
Nothing surprises me
I was told one was leaving, through
A surrogate,
And I wished her well, complimenting her
On her choice of foils to go off quiet
Into that good night.
Now comes you, who had a
Much greater claim to all
That made me whole
Telling me your life is shattering
Into pieces and I only wonder
Why
While wishing, fervently, it never happened
Because, as I told you once, I should be
The only one I know
Who is miserable, or has the need to be.
I am not shocked anymore
Or surprised
It doesn’t mean my heart isn’t breaking
Along with yours
Wondering how you will survive the night
While knowing in my soul you will.
08/22/2007 Author's Note: Thank you, Geneveive, for the idea of re-posting
Posted on 08/22/2007
Copyright © 2024 Ken Harnisch
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 08/22/07 at 12:59 PM muuuch better with the line breaks. :)
i love the feeling of respect, pride, and stoicism in the face of crippling sorrow. |
| Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 08/22/07 at 05:14 PM Love the spoken quality of this, the repetition of the key phrase "I am not shocked..." but highlighting the inner core..."It doesn’t mean my heart isn’t breaking/Along with yours" Intimate and formal in the sense of surrendering to human experience... as the process of biological, pschological, emptional life unfolds. |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 08/26/07 at 12:38 PM I love the title, and, as always -you fill your poems with wonderful depth, fill them with perpective that enlightens, and floor me every single time. (I am not shocked anymore, either, this -refering to the poem's topic.) |
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