Like an enraged lioness
Striped of her pride
I licked the wounds
You inflicted
Beating me down
With apathy
Detached and
Smug complacency
Struggling
All the while
To make you see
How emotional
Atrophy was
Destroying
Anything we had
Anything
...we might
......have held onto…

Trying to work
Through a mire
of miscommunication
Your cold reservation
Of thoughts never
Honestly shared
Or expressed and
Failing …
…miserably…

There was just
no winning
this battle …

Your lack of
Care and feeling
Left me reeling
Unable to
Understand or
Comprehend
Your cold decision
To remain in your
Self-enforced
Solitary confinement
Locking me out
Swallowing the key
Contented to be
Locked down
Deliberately
Distanced from
Emotional
Interaction
Sparking a
Violent reaction…

And without
Hesitation I
Unleashed
Devastation
Finding myself a
Veritable Verbal
Commando packing
Heavy duty ammo
Loaded with
Steel jacketed
Hollow pointed words
Guaranteed to
Annihilate on site
A man with no
Defense against
A bloodied woman
Armed and …
… Dangerous…

Lashing out with
Little thought I
Took my best shot
Firing
Over and over
My verbal
Flame thrower
Smoking you
For every
Careless
Hurtful
Unthinking
Remark you’d
Thrown my way
Only to come up
Against your wall
Of passive resistance
Time and time again

An indomitable force
Indignantly
Self-righteously
Absorbing the flames
Of my firepower
Leaving us both
Burnt out
No peace made
No treaty
No amnesty
Nothing left
But two war torn
Countries unable
To come to terms …

Well, perhaps
You deserved
Every burn you got
But then again
Perhaps you did not
Maybe I set the
Fire too hot
Burning
Us both up
With my good
Intentions

Perhaps you never truly
Wanted to engage
In the first place
Preferring a
Hit and run skirmish

I suppose it
No longer
Really matters
The war’s been
Fought and lost
Leaving feelings
Shattered
Bloody bodies
Strewn and
Scattered
Across the
Killing fields

Victims...
... of Emotional …
.......… Warfare …


Mar 2009

Wow

well, well...
isn't this a marvelous piece?
as always you capture the emotion and the
attention of the reader (me) till the end
and it never disappoints me

great to see you

Thanks K~Im working on some final revisions so thought I'd throw them out here~how are you sweet man?

well, im ok
finally kicking down the wall that has had me blocked
for way too long...or at least i seem to be working it out

how are things with you?

wow,,"casualities of war"

hope things get better for you

thank you for sharing.

Exceptionally amazing, I give it three gold stars and an A+++
very enjoyable read.

Hey darlin' how are ya? Thank you, this is the final revision I think~Im cleaning up the rest to get them all ready to go! What's shakin?