Three Word Wednesday

Backbone, noun: spine, spinal column, vertebral column, vertebrae; back, mainstay, cornerstone, foundation, chief support, buttress, pillar, tower of strength, strength of character, strength of will, firmness, resolution, resolve, determination, fortitude, pluck, pluckiness, nerve, courage, mettle, spirit, moral fiber, guts, spunk, grit, true grit.

Cheapen, verb: demean, debase, degrade, lower, humble, devalue, abase, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, shame, humiliate, mortify, prostitute, reduce, lower (in price), cut, mark down, discount, slash.

Dangle, verb: hang (down), droop, swing, sway, wave, trail, stream, wave, swing, jiggle, brandish, flourish, offer, hold out; entice someone with, tempt someone with.

The minutes turned into hours

The hours into days 

Which turned into weeks

Waiting and waiting

I cheapened  myself 

To no more than an after thought

With little backbone left

I dialed and said

PLEASE

As you dangle your sweet love

As a sweet candy treat

Lost in the moment

Feeling cheap and worthless

I knew this was the moment

To have some backbone

As you continued to dangle your

sweet talk before me like a candy treat

This was the moment of reckoning 

Your sweet talk no more

~Beth!

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Three Word Wednesday

Tearful, adjective: crying or inclined to cry, causing tears; sad or emotional.

Unsteady, adjective: liable to fall or shake; not firm, not uniform or regular.

Abrasive, adjective: (of a substance or material) capable of polishing or cleaning a hard surface by rubbing or grinding, tending to rub or graze the skin, (of a person or manner) showing little concern for the feelings of others; harsh; noun: a substance used for grinding, polishing, or cleaning a hard surface.

His abrasive words left her tearful

She moved unsteady

From the hurt and the pain

Tearful but determined

Even on her unsteady feet

She knew she would get through

This pain and hurt

Kneeling on the abrasive ground

Looking up to heaven

Knowing that is where her help comes

With tear stained cheeks

Quivering lips

Broken to the core

Looking up
Leaving it all at the foot of the cross

She knew his abrasive words

Would not leave her in this state

Of brokenness forever

With unsteady movements 

Towards an unknown future

Tearful and lost

Each step forward 

Brings her closer to the new chapter

A chapter of fullness and hope

Filled with love

As she looks up to heaven

Knowing her Father holds her

Broken, tearful, and unsteady

Waiting to be woven into a master piece of beauty

Each unsteady step brings her closer

To the beauty and the future

Her Father has for her

As she moves forward with hopeful eyes
To a brighter tomorrow

~Beth~

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