A Wild Dependability

The final testing of the waters

Colleen Millsteed
BELOVED
Published in
2 min readJun 4, 2023

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Two red hearts, broken by one single lightening bolt.
Image courtesy of Pixabay

The cracks begin to show when the pain escalates,
A heart broken, bloody and bruised,
Tormented with love’s rocky abrasions,
Tearing open unsealed scarring,
Ripped raw and shredded to tatters.

Once locked and loaded with revenge,
Softens on meeting a single minded connection,
Doubt and insecurities abound, we question,
The suitability of testing the waters once again,
Striving for forgiveness and healing.

Hope is a powerful incentive,
Dreams unlock the coded heartbeats at will,
The rhythm chants upon our breath,
Releasing the pain, the past torture, the fake memories,
Until resistance is once more overcome.

Silence of adoration overpowers our hesitation,
Bonding the rapid butterflies fluttering within,
Excitement building within the future possibilities,
Smothering the trepidation, the anxious, the reversing temptation,
Opening the heart, the mind, the body, to love once again.

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Colleen Millsteed
BELOVED

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.