. Poetry from The Great In-Between: From Gaslighting to Freedom

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

From Gaslighting to Freedom


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(A lone voice sings) 


Did you believe 


I was going to 

Leave


Just one of life's  

Many lost souls


Always on patrol 


Full of indecisions and strange decisions


But when constantly pushed


Full of new wisdom and newer transitions 


Oh 

How I bet you wished 


You hadn't pushed all those buttons


Told me strange stories and convincing lies


Said it's your imagination 

You're seeing things that aren't there


To help me make those 

Seemingly conquerable revisions


To finally find the real strength 

To see through the mists


Maybe now 

That I'm free 


I can grow and bloom


For those old chains are now broken 


Lying on the floor 

In our old bedroom


And I'm no longer living 

In your own Medieval Inquisition 


I'm now free from your Gaslighting


No longer unhappy or constantly fighting


No longer delusional


But walking 

With peace and happiness 


Reunited



My future's bright 

For I've seen the light 


You're now never 

Welcome


For with this song

I finally cast you out


Now go 

Walk out of this room 


Take all your suitcases

And gaslighting



And watch this red rose

Bloom


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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Do emotional poems resonate more?

I think so. 

Inspired by Gloria.

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