Poem: Phantom Limb
Betrayal leaves the deepest scar
One we cannot see
Only feel like a phantom limb
Hanging there invisibly
We stumble over it
Bang it on tables and chairs
Feel the pain radiating up
Through bones and skin
We reach down and
grasp at nothing
but air
All the grand reassurances and promises
Like thin gauze on a festering wound
Healing nothing
Only sticking to the sore
There is no salve for a limb
You cannot see
No bandage
No way to bind the flesh
It is pain that manifests in the body
from the mind
An aching that permeates out
from the heart
And blood flow will keep the memory fresh
pulsing and reminding:
You were betrayed;
You will never forget.