Running Home to Mother.
A very old one, the breaking out…the birth. The day everything changed, forever.
One day my mind just broke.
It fractured, in sympathy with my heart.
Like a Ming Vase invisibly flawed
from countless previous knocks
which left it looking intact,
but inside, the porcelain was cracking.
That dreadful day when trust was shattered
along with my illusion of my perfect love.
My world fragmented and became
just broken china on the floor
ready to be swept up and discarded.
I needed to get to the forest
as a drowning man needs air.
So I ran from the office and the phone,
drove to the honesty of the evergreens
and cried out among the trees for help.
Tall branches against a faint blue sky
soft moss under my feet…
Mother Nature put her arms around her hurting child
singing softly the lullaby of creation
and endless spring times
to my bruised and bleeding spirit.
You have said so much here in so few words – excellent poetry.
Hope it’s not a personal experience…
Gerry x
Hi Gerry,
Thanks for reading. Almost all my poems are from personal experience and this one sure is. It documents a very pivitol day in my life but at the time and even now, it was also one of the worst experiences I ever suffered.
However, it signalled the end of a certain life and the start of a new one but at the time all I knew was pain.
Alison x
Hi Trevor, Yes, I also noticed the similarities in the theme of escaping into nature This was in fact about being very badly let down by someone I thought I could trust with my life. It was a romantic involvement, I loved him very deeply. It was the culmination of in fact years of uphill struggle following deciding to leave my husband having been very let down there. When the bough finally broke, both my doctor and shrink were amazed I had managed to keep going so long. It was the watershed when I finally realised that it was a… Read more »
A very moving poem., Alison. Nature certainly has great healing qualities. Just a walk in the park can do wonders for cleansing thoughts and emotions, I find. I really love the last stanza.
Eira x
Hi Eira,
So sorry for late reply. I seem to be almost overwhelmed by family issues, problems and stress at present…. so not having much time to attend to other things.
Yes, nature is the great healer alright. 🙂
Alison xx