How I Heal
how I heal is walking
in between scattered memories—
barefoot and sore
risking the odds of tripping
onto a black and white
of stolen kisses, soft touch
love letters and lazy afternoons
how I heal is struggling
towards the water edge
with my bruises itching
in the ebb and flow
darling, how I heal is hurting
until I concede that we are no more.
© 2017 Maria. All Rights Reserved.
Written for A to Z Challenge: Letter H.
Today’s photograph is entitled How I Heal by Reylia Slaby. You can find more of her works on her Facebook Page and Instagram account.
YAY! Let the challenge commence!
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April 10, 2017 at 1:13 pm
Ohhhh i love how you heal…😊😊😊😊
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April 11, 2017 at 7:21 am
Aw, do we heal the sam Mich? 😁
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April 11, 2017 at 10:33 am
Yeah we do…
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April 10, 2017 at 1:18 pm
Oh my gosh, Maria, and How I Heal is by reading this poem ❤
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April 11, 2017 at 7:24 am
And how I heal is by reading yours and everyone’s piece. 😊 Writers tend to heal each other, right?
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April 11, 2017 at 7:55 am
Yes, absolutely ❤
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April 10, 2017 at 3:19 pm
Heal with hurts until the last memory fades away! This was a deep one. 🙂
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April 11, 2017 at 7:25 am
We tend to heal this way, don’t we? Thank you, Prakash..
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April 11, 2017 at 4:55 pm
We do! 🙂
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April 10, 2017 at 3:38 pm
Sigh. I understand.
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April 11, 2017 at 7:26 am
I’m sighing with you Sarah ~
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April 11, 2017 at 10:40 am
💖
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April 10, 2017 at 3:53 pm
If we all heal like this, it would be so beautiful 😊❤️
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April 10, 2017 at 5:07 pm
This is gorgeous. You have a gift.
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April 11, 2017 at 7:31 am
Thank you, Vanessa. That’s very kind. I keep learning from everyone here, including you. 😊
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April 11, 2017 at 6:17 pm
I’m flattered! Thank you! I most certainly feel likewise.
WP is indeed an inspiring place!
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April 10, 2017 at 5:38 pm
A beautiful poem Maria!
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April 11, 2017 at 7:34 am
Happy to hear you enjoyed this.. have a lovely day. 😊
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April 10, 2017 at 6:33 pm
Those last two lines Maria are fantastic and it sums up the healing process we go through sometimes. I never thought of it as a conceding before but when you think about it more deeply, it is what we actually do.
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April 11, 2017 at 7:39 am
I recently just reflected on that. There are fates that we cannot bend and the best we can do is concede. Thank you, D.
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April 10, 2017 at 9:00 pm
this heals me so much Maria, the words drip like and antiseptic to my wounds! acceptance is part of healing process – so beautifully said
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April 11, 2017 at 7:50 am
Happy to hear that from you, Gina. ❤ This kind of healing can be pernicious, especially if we have so many things to let go, but that’s the best we can do right? Heal one day at a time… ❤
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April 11, 2017 at 9:21 am
yes you said that right one day at a time is all we can do! but healing will come no matter if its slow. thats still the best kind.
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April 12, 2017 at 7:23 am
Here’s to healing… 🍻💕
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April 10, 2017 at 10:55 pm
Amazing!
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April 11, 2017 at 7:51 am
Thank you 😁
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April 10, 2017 at 11:42 pm
You are so damn good with words, Maria!
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April 11, 2017 at 7:57 am
Love the exclamation, my sweet purrfectgirl! Thank you 😘
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April 11, 2017 at 9:14 am
haha! Anytime 🙂
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April 11, 2017 at 2:44 am
Breathtakingly beautiful and forlorn. Sometimes it hurts to heal.
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April 11, 2017 at 7:59 am
But we could do with a little healing one day at a time, right? Thank you, Barry. 🙂
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April 11, 2017 at 11:32 am
WOW WOW WOW–phenomenal, exquisite…I’m out of words!!
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April 12, 2017 at 7:24 am
Aw.. that is more than enough, my dear. Thank you. Xoxo
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April 12, 2017 at 10:31 am
Most welcome–xoxox0!
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April 13, 2017 at 7:43 am
❤️❤️❤️ Have a blessed holiday dear..
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April 13, 2017 at 8:34 am
Oh thank you–I LOVE Easter!!! ❤
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April 13, 2017 at 1:50 pm
Me too! ❤
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April 13, 2017 at 7:48 pm
🙂 ❤
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April 11, 2017 at 2:58 pm
“darling, how I heal is hurting
until I concede that we are no more.”
uuuuhhhh. the last lines. so me. so me. so me.
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April 12, 2017 at 7:34 am
Aww, you’re one of the toughest romantics i know dearieee. You’ll be fine, if not, you already are. 😘
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April 12, 2017 at 11:22 am
awwww. yes naman! ❤
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April 23, 2017 at 4:37 am
Lovely writhing though it seems as if the process of healing is a painful one.
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April 24, 2017 at 8:38 pm
Thank you, Mandi.. 😊
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