I awoke to your message
My attention, you called for,
You needed my ear, my shoulder.
I watched and listened as you recounted
Your tale of woe, betrayal, deception
Words of desolation flowing from you.
I saw your pain, your anger,
Realised too late
You had been used and discarded.
I watched your tears flow
Your humiliation complete
All trust and honour pillaged.
I reached out as you cried,
My shoulder, dripping with your grief.
Your heart decimated.
Your emotions had led you
To places your heart craved
To be loved, wanted, needed, desired.
Your heart has told you, it was a sham
Nothing was ever to eventuate
The narcissist had struck.
Your unavoidable pain,
Wretchedly swelling inside
But revenge lost on a blind perpetrator.
I felt your pain, your anger,
I held you in those dreadful moments
Of despair and loss.
I wanted to be the one who led your revenge
To strike out, damage, injure and hurt
The unfeeling proponent of your pain.
But my role was standing by you
Holding your hand, wiping your tears,
You knowing, I am here, just for you.
Written for mindlovemisery’s Prompt 37, Unavoidable Pain
Morpethroad 
“My shoulder, dripping with your grief.” loved this line Michael. Gorgeous emotional write, you have really captured vulnerability and misery and friendship as well
Oh thank you Yves, always do I appreciate your encouragement.
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This was beautifully written, Michael. filled with both grief and compassion.
Thank you Lyn I appreciate your comment. We won 5-0 how good was that?
Awesome 🙂 My best friend of 43 years is English and she’s disgusted with them. Needless to say when they won last year it was a different story 😀
We also love watching the rugby together. Now that is extreme fun lol
Go Aussie go.
are you talking cricket??? I agree with Yves..that my shoulder line is very very good Michael.
How we want to heal the wrongs of others on those we know, yet at times it is not our battle to be faught. Just to be there, to comfort as you have so well written about. You took the prompt and ran with it.
Ahmmm no! Thank you for your comment I am happy that you have enjoyed this Jenny.
no the comment to Lyn I meant – not in what you wrote 🙂
and you are most welcome 🙂
Oh that one yes, it was a momentous day for us.
That’s awesome
Ah thank you Al, you are very kind.
You’re welcome 🙂
So heartfelt, capturing pain and the angst a true friend feels when truly being tbere is your role. Nicely done, Michael.
Thank you Oliana, that’s a lovely comment, thank you.
So sad for your friend…and yet, it was good for her that you were there. Really heart felt poem…well done!
Thank you Georgia, i am happy that you read it that way.
Hmmm…how else dear friend.
Very powerful and emotional. I expect this prompt will pull out a lot of that from all of us. Wonderful and I am lucky enough to be a friend of yours…I know what a heart you have. I know I am lucky to have our friendship.
Thank you Anja, and me yours.
Wonderful poem – I so know that feeling of wanting to take up revenge for another but also knowing that you can’t, the best you can do is support – really well expressed! 🙂 🙂
Thank you so much Helen I do so appreciate that comment.
Great emotion in this poem.
Sometimes an ear & a shoulder is worth the world to comfort a sorrowful heart.
Thank you RoSy, for some friends you can only be there and let them know you are.