Week 1 Response: Let you go

Using Elizabeth 1 as a starting point, write a short poem that captures the internal complexity of your own emotional state in a relationship. Try out the texture of inner conflict that Elizabeth uses to “nail” the shifts in her own feeling.

How am I supposed to cling on while letting you go?

How am I supposed to forget when it’s you I know?

How am I supposed to love when you cause me pain?

How am I supposed to stop this from happening again?

We are told to love.

We are told to care.

I will still do all of the above

Even with the caused pain you do or don’t spare.

Do I keep you in my world or do I start a new one?

How long do we keep going until one of us think it’s done?

I try to be the best person I can be.

But it’s you who brings out the worst in me.

I’m not even sure if I can find the strength to let you go

when I’ve been weakened by your emotional blow.

But I’ll do what I must before this worsens.

I would rather have no pain and be the better person.

One thought on “Week 1 Response: Let you go

  1. Fabulous Silvano- I can feel the heat! Overall your blogs are working really well, but you need to create a category in your top menu that allows access to the category of Shakespeare. Check my recent “Announcement” in LEO. This will give you the tools you need to do this.
    MG

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