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The End of Me
The echoes of past love
Whooshed by my heart today
The ground crackled underneath the feet
Of those that dug my grave.
The rustling leaves silenced
The blood gurgling from my broken heart
As strident wails it made.
No nocturne from your heart
Scratching below, surfacing old wounds
Your betrayal, percussive
Your harsh words sonorous.
Pain deafens me, buzzing like a wasp
Thready and weak, my pulse
No longer holds you bound.
Your joyful whistle is my last sound.
©2 August 2016 Suzanne G. McClendon
McClendon Villa 
First let me give you a hearty welcome! We are so happy to have you XD
The ground crackled underneath the feet
Of those that dug my grave.
Wow now that is one heck of an opening! Outstanding use of the words, an emotional piece, beautifully written
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Thank you for the welcome and for the compliment. I appreciate it very much. Have a great day.
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I hope your day/night is gorgeous =)
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Thank you. It is morning here and it has started off beautifully, with fog hugging the oak trees. I think that’s great. 🙂
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Sounds lovely =)
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It was. Thank you. 🙂
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Wow! I love this, Sis. Beautiful and haunting and real. I’m checking out the Wordle thing. 🙂
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Thanks, Sis! I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Have a beautiful day. 🙂
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Suzanne, beautifully poetic! These words could be used in a song. Have you considered submitting them to a site where lyrics are published? Guess what? You made my Top July Commenters list. Congratulations and thank you for being a good friend! 🙂
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Thank you, Cathy. I hadn’t even thought of anything like that. Do you know of any? I wrote this very early this morning.
Thank you for the Top July Commenters post. How sweet! I will head over and look at it now. Thank you for being a good friend, too. 🙂 Have a wonderful day!
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“The rustling leaves silenced
The blood gurgling from my broken heart
As strident wails it made.”
Wow, my friend!!! Wooooow! This poem is sad but soooo beautiful!!! I think you found your muse again. ❤
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Oh, I sure hope so! Thank you for your sweet comment on this poem, Rosema. I was kind of afraid to put it out there after I wrote it, especially after posting my happiness challenge post. I figured folks would think it was weird going from one extreme to the other. I am glad that I did post it. Thank you so much for reading it. 🙂 Have a blessed day, my friend.
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Oh dear! it was perfect. I love sad poems, and i love writing sad poems (though that does not mean i am unhappy). And this is one achingly sad yet so lovely piece! Great, my friend!
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Thank you, my friend. 🙂 It seems to be that sad poems are what I am meant to write. Very rarely am I able to write a happy one, though it has happened on occasion. Maybe I’ll start posting my older poems along with new ones here on McClendon Villa. I have them in a book for the Kindle reader on Amazon. My book is titled Shattered (by Suzanne G. McClendon). It is mostly sad or fearful, and sometimes mad, poems. Thank you again for your sweet comments regarding “The End of Me”. 🙂
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Oh wow. It’s for sale?? That would be a treat to read your old and new poems, Suz!
You are most welcome! It is my pleasure! 🙂
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Yes, it is for sale. It costs $1.99 US dollars. The book cover looks like the last photo on my balintaw post: http://ps-annie.blogspot.com/2016/07/word-high-july-balintataw.html Thanks! 🙂
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thank you for letting me know. 🙂 I have a long line of friend’s book to buy but I still have low income and can’t save because i am sending my sister to college. 🙂 but i will take note of this, Suz. Thank you!
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You’re welcome, Rosema. 🙂 I understand low income. Ours is low, too. I just sent you a message through the contact link on your blog. 🙂
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thank you for understanding. 🙂 It is my long dream to but books for myself. Been a reader for years now but I have bought only one for myself. Priorities, i think. 🙂
Thank you very much, Suz!
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I hope that it will work out some day for you to have a home full of books. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? You’re welcome, Rosema. 🙂
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that would be a piece of heaven on earth. 🙂
I have read your email and replied already. Thank you, my friend!
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Ok, thanks! I’m headed there now. Please expect an email back from me shortly. 🙂 You’re welcome.
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no need to rush. 🙂 thank you! 🙂
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You’re welcome and thank you, too. 🙂
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❤ ❤ <#
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Pain deafens me….that’s a nice way to build a wrap up! Excellent start. However, you are now incredibly hooked. You will now wait for Monday and twist your mind into plotting how to attack a pile of words with no obvious connection.
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Thank you for your kind comment. I am looking forward to the next set of words and what will come from them. Wordles is a fun way to feed my addiction to words. 🙂 Have a blessed night.
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I’m hooked into the usage. So many possibilities out there. I look foward to your next foray into Wordle land. 😀
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Yes, these word lists have all sorts of potential and can go in so many different directions. Thank you. Have a wonderful day (or night!)
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