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Leaving Home

by Joan Serratelli

I'm leaving
today
I'm not wanted
here
you've made it
clear
you don't want me
anymore

Maybe if I
go
we can think
All we do is
fight
This has to
stop

I'm leaving
today
just for a few
days
Maybe we can
learn
to get along again

I love you
you know
but it's just not
enough
I'm tired of
fighting
battles that
cannot be won

I'm sorry
so sorry
but I really
have to
go

03/01/2009

Author's Note: No comment

Posted on 03/01/2009
Copyright © 2026 Joan Serratelli

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/01/09 at 05:48 PM

Understatedly powerful, if that makes sense.

Posted by Tony Young on 03/01/09 at 08:23 PM

ok..

Posted by JD Clay on 03/02/09 at 02:48 PM

I hope this isn't autobiographical. None the less, this is a situation every poet can relate to. We probably all been there at one ttime or another. Sometimes words get in the way and it's time and space that heals the wounds best.

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