If I tiptoe away,
shattered heart in one hand,
red sandals clutched in the other
slipping through the back porch door,
how long will it take ‘til
you notice I am gone?
Will you suppose
I had run an errand
and forgot to leave a note?
Will you rub your eyes,
frown and wonder why
I hadn’t said good-bye?
Will you leave the kitchen light on
when you go upstairs
waiting for me to tiptoe back?
Or
Will you slump
in your overstuffed chair,
ignore the fears
churning within you
and hide behind pages of your book?
Will you bow your head
to your chest
knowing the day
you’d been dreading
had arrived?
Will you wonder,
as you blink away your tears,
if I’ve been as lonely as you,
trapped within patterns
of hiding that
we created years ago?
Will you wring your hands together,
look backwards into time.
wonder when
I stopped opening
my heart to you?
Will you slam your heart’s door
against me,
fortify that
invisible,
every-growing wall
of anger and pride?
Will you see the sliver of light
beaming through the opened door
I slipped through
or
will you hide
behind shadows
of yesterdays’ memories?
When I tiptoe away,
shattered heart in one hand,
red sandals clutched in the other,
will you hear the deafening silence
I leave behind?
Author Bio:
Thalia Dunn fell in love with books, reading and her local library as a tiny child. Then she fell in love with writing when she received her first red diary as a third grader. Since then, she has filled volumes of journals with her poetry and short stories.
Decades later, in 2014, she became more intentional about sharpening her writing skills and offer her poetry to a wider audience than her captive family and friends. Her themes overall are driven by her love of nature and relationships. Ideas for her poems usually start to bounce around in her mind when she’s on her morning walk in the local park.
She writes and reads poetry for self-expression and deepening self-awareness and most importantly, because she believes that poetry can offer an intimate and profound connection between poet and reading. Writing, playing with and shaping words into a poem is a creative art that keeps Thalia smiling!
When not writing, Thalia stays busy teaching Spanish at a High School in New Jersey.
shattered heart in one hand,
red sandals clutched in the other
slipping through the back porch door,
how long will it take ‘til
you notice I am gone?
Will you suppose
I had run an errand
and forgot to leave a note?
Will you rub your eyes,
frown and wonder why
I hadn’t said good-bye?
Will you leave the kitchen light on
when you go upstairs
waiting for me to tiptoe back?
Or
Will you slump
in your overstuffed chair,
ignore the fears
churning within you
and hide behind pages of your book?
Will you bow your head
to your chest
knowing the day
you’d been dreading
had arrived?
Will you wonder,
as you blink away your tears,
if I’ve been as lonely as you,
trapped within patterns
of hiding that
we created years ago?
Will you wring your hands together,
look backwards into time.
wonder when
I stopped opening
my heart to you?
Will you slam your heart’s door
against me,
fortify that
invisible,
every-growing wall
of anger and pride?
Will you see the sliver of light
beaming through the opened door
I slipped through
or
will you hide
behind shadows
of yesterdays’ memories?
When I tiptoe away,
shattered heart in one hand,
red sandals clutched in the other,
will you hear the deafening silence
I leave behind?
Author Bio:
Thalia Dunn fell in love with books, reading and her local library as a tiny child. Then she fell in love with writing when she received her first red diary as a third grader. Since then, she has filled volumes of journals with her poetry and short stories.
Decades later, in 2014, she became more intentional about sharpening her writing skills and offer her poetry to a wider audience than her captive family and friends. Her themes overall are driven by her love of nature and relationships. Ideas for her poems usually start to bounce around in her mind when she’s on her morning walk in the local park.
She writes and reads poetry for self-expression and deepening self-awareness and most importantly, because she believes that poetry can offer an intimate and profound connection between poet and reading. Writing, playing with and shaping words into a poem is a creative art that keeps Thalia smiling!
When not writing, Thalia stays busy teaching Spanish at a High School in New Jersey.
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