Keiko
Exactly how I feel when my soon to be ex husband does the same thing to me. Very heartfelt and touching.
2009-08-13

And that's the truth.
People choose to believe no matter the truth.
I am wary of the 'trick' question for I know the answer has already been determined for us. And should we answer differently from that then we provide them with extra ammunition of 'denial,' 'betrayal,' and 'deceit.'

The last stanza brings it all together. Your validation and source of life is not found in another's warped sense of reality. Even if they were spot on - you are who you are and not dependent on their views or schemes.
2009-03-12

Phyllis J. Rhodes
Awesome! Out of Sight! You Go Girl! Right On! And all the rest of those sayings that through the years have meant "I'll have what she's having."
2009-03-02

TonyD
Irrational jealousy can make people do and say the strangest things, and cause such pain for the falsely accused!

This poem tells how it feels to be on the receiving end - in a most powerful way!
2009-02-23

Being falsely accused is one of the most painful and upsetting things in life!
To quote what somebody wrote a long time ago: "Shake the dust off your feet..."
2009-02-23

Damon
What you spead of has caused my son to be divorced twice. We (his parents) could see both times long before it happened that he would be better off--much sooner than he did. Sometimes the closer to something a person is the longer it takes him/her to see it. You must have seen it very clearly, as you wrote of it so plainly in crisp clear sentences with no doubt as to what you were telling the man.
Well written indeed!
Damon
2009-02-23

Purple Phoenix
Oh Kathy, how I feel this! Such strong words, in short lines like statements... very clever! Thank you for this, applauded. ;-)
2009-02-23