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Leaving Home
by Joan SerratelliI'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. |
| Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 03/03/09 at 04:04 PM a little time for healing can be a good thing. if nothing else, it gives you the peace and strength to try again. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 03/07/09 at 09:59 PM Somtimes we feel that way, and sometimes we stay anyways. This is poetry that serves as self-authenication, that you could do this if you needed too. In caring for your "whole" person. Thanks. |
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