Trust is a commodity, and its value when broke
Drops, just like the other foot always tends to
Conversely you’re left, reminded, and woke
Memorized path crawl back to what mends you
You harden the armor, heighten the walls
Retreat behind hackles and fear
Tougher let downs bring farther falls
You swear that you’ve dropped your last tear
You’ll not swallow this shame
Or get back in the game
For its price you can no longer afford
It is sad but it’s true
That part’s over for you
Now you’re left with just shield and sword
Just as the gold glue dried
You went out again and tried
Only to find yourself shattered
Like the healing before
Wouldn’t hurt anymore
But now you know none of it mattered
Fatal-fractured again
Like that memoried when
In so many pieces you can’t tell them apart
Forever safe you’ll remain
From familiar pain
Once you’ve fortified and hidden your guarded heart
Idealiotic 
Wow… deep thoughts for a Tuesday.
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Woah, you’re a poet too?!? This is amazing – so great. I read it in my head the first time, but knew I had to give it a second go. The second time, I read it aloud, and it was wonderful – the rhythm of the lines, the rhyme. So great, Eddie. So, so great.
I love the content, too. Super honest and vulnerable. I can relate to this a lot… I’ve been this way for a long time and am trying to break old habits as we speak. 🙂
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Just wow! Absolutely amazing….the flow of this poem just washes over the reader and I can feel the pain and frustration coming off the page.
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Love this. It’s beautiful and all of it so true.
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My second reading was out loud and the crafting jumped off the page–the rhyming, the alliteration, the enjambed lines… I particularly like your 2nd stanza. You mention “tears” … and I thought of a line I wrote in my journal yesterday, quoted from Sarah Ban Breathnach: “Tears are the antifreeze of the soul.”
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WOW! You are so talented! I love this part “Only to find yourself shattered, Like the healing before.” I’ve been in this place so many times. Lots of pain…
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