I can suffer in your silence, but I can't be alone. I'm addicted to false hopes and you're addicted to me. Yes. Truth was a liar. When she told me I was free, I wish I could let go and just walk away because I knew you would hurt me. But at the end of the day, I knew my soul was lost when I looked in your eyes. Although your rage was not. Hidden and there was no disguise
And so I just really like that you use that repetitiveness as a tool to just really get your message across. So very well done. Thank you for sharing
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 0:20
Thank you so much for being a part of my thread. And thank you for showing me the beautiful kindness of replying as well as just the fact that you listened. I so, so appreciate you for that. Thank you. And thank you for all your comments
Renee Slay
@Renee_SlayĀ Ā·Ā 0:55
So I just want to thank you for sharing this and for knowing that it resonates with me. It's just simply beautiful. Thank you. Thank you for sharing it
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 0:22
Thank you, friend, for listening. I appreciate you more than you can possibly know. Just for taking the time to listen to what I've shared and then to reply. I appreciate you so much for that. It is such a special thing. So thank you
Angie McDow
@beyondthescarsĀ Ā·Ā 1:07
I love this poem. I love this poem. It is so beautiful. I never chose me. Truth is a liar because this poem could absolutely be me. I stayed and I bled and I gave so much of myself and I never chose me. I sacrificed and I endured horrific abuse and I never chose me. And I believe that it's time that I learned to choose me. I haven't done that yet, and I'm learning to
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 1:45
Thank you so, so much for being a part of this thread. I cannot thank you enough. As a woman that has survived emotional and mental and physical abuse, I know how much it took to actually find courage and the vulnerability to actually speak and to include yourself in this. Because the poem itself is part of me going through that same type of work. I dealt with spousal abuse, a husband who was physically abusing me, mentally abusing me, emotionally abusing me
Angie McDow
@beyondthescarsĀ Ā·Ā 1:49
This is the first time I've found my voice since I left. I was drawn here for some reason, and I think it's the only safe place I feel because everyone around me at this point in my life is part of the toxic story. So I feel very isolated. And I stumbled across your poem and it really spoke to me because I am trying desperately to come out from the horrific nightmare of what I went through. And even though I left eleven months ago, I'm still shattered
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 3:25
I left my husband five years ago and I am just now coming to a place of being able to be fully me and who I am with joy and with purpose and to do the things that I always wanted and I always hoped for just now am I getting to this place five years later
Angie McDow
@beyondthescarsĀ Ā·Ā 1:55
Thank you so much for your encouraging words. You have no idea how much they mean to me. Finding my voice after years of never being allowed to have one is hard. Your words give me hope, and I'm trying so desperately to find who I am. I'm trying to erase the lies of my abusers when you're so right and that I was never allowed to be a normal child, where dreams were even possible and not foolish
J Stout
@DarkMoonMusingsĀ Ā·Ā 0:24
Truth was a liar when she told me I was free. I can really feel this piece deep inside of me. I am still trying to learn to choose me and I am still trying to learn to own my own voice. Thank you for this beautiful piece
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 1:24
And I am just so grateful that I get to share where I'm at with people like you who can connect with me and understand and appreciate and open up their own voices and let me into a little bit of your journey. So thank you so much for listening. Thank you even more for responding. And I just appreciate so much being able to be here on Swell and be in a place like this, because before I came here, I didn't even know if I believed that this still exists
Creative Reader
@MoonPoetĀ Ā·Ā 0:31
Good morning. This is Stephen. Thank you for sharing this one. It gives me a feeling of empowerment when I listen to it. There's something about the honesty, the rhythm of it, the cadence. It's a lovely piece and I'm glad I got to listen to it. Thank you. Bye
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 0:41
I appreciate you for listening to it and I just want to thank you for being a part of this thread and taking the time to listen and also taking the time to kindly reply. I appreciate that so much from everyone that is willing to share their voice on these threads on Swell and be in conversation, whether it be about poetry or even other themes. This just is an amazing platform because of the responses and the interaction of the people that are here
TheCrusader Warrior139
@CrusaderWarriorĀ Ā·Ā 2:37
All right, just listen to this. Well, the poem yeah, I thought it was pretty good. It was good delivery, good content, how it was written in the two line Samza, you think that when with how many Swell responses and just episodes I've done on here for the last actually, I don't even know how long I've been using swell at this point. Maybe four months. Five months. Four months that I would have actually read more of my poetry on here
Blair Redmond
@blairbearingĀ Ā·Ā 0:17
Wow. I felt every single word of that. That paradox. That catch 22. I felt it. Thank you for sharing
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 0:58
Relationships and all the many facets of them definitely make for very interesting and thought provoking poetry. And our life experiences with connection, or the lack thereof is also always seems to be a topic for discussion and for one to contemplate and meditate on. So I always find myself writing about my dealings with love and emotions. So I thank you for picking up on that and listening and sharing your thoughts about it. I really, really appreciate it
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 2:25
Truth can be a liar. And that is a paradox. And I love that you use that word in your response to this piece, because that's exactly where my mindset was at when I was writing it. The lovely, intriguing paradox that is, is the fact that something so real and so truthful can at the same time bring you information that is not completely true because you refuse to make it
Alyce Woo
@Z_journeyĀ Ā·Ā 0:33
Wow. I think it just floored me on that one. That was so beautifully poetic. It definitely resonates with me. I could even feel your poem and all the emotions. I can't even speak right now, but all I have to say was that was just beautiful. Thank you for writing it
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 1:07
But to be able to share those inner thoughts and contemplation with people and actually have them understand where I'm coming from and have it affect them emotionally as well as it affected me and be able to share that and be unite in that space, that is such an amazing thing. So I'm so appreciative of being here on Swell and being able to share with people like you and have you actually share back with me. So thank you so much for that. I appreciate you very much
Khalid Hanif
@theElvnth_OurĀ Ā·Ā 1:58
Hey, don, Karla. I am ill prepared to try and leave this message, but I will try as I am still reeling and feeling what I just heard from you. You are a force, my friend. A force. I mean, this piece was it just churned with emotion. And you were able to capture such a deep and resonant melancholy and you were able to evoke the emotions that I know too many of us are familiar with
DawnMaria Bradley
@Pixiepoet4lifeĀ Ā·Ā 0:51
Thank you. Thank you so much for your reply, kind one. Sometimes the greatest gift we can give to another human being is simple acknowledgement and the gift of allowing them to be seen. I truly, truly film scene every time you respond to my pieces in the way that you do. So thank you so much for seeing me, for your kindness and for your willingness to share in these threads and conversation and poetry. It is an amazing and high unplanned guest