Away From The Breast

by Paul Tristram / December 24th, 2023

Severing of ‘Attachment Bonds’
for someone who Experienced
the [Emotional] North Pole
of ‘Cold Mother Syndrome’
… as an infant themselves…
can become ‘Second Nature’.
You have been Gifted a
‘Wound’ instead of ‘Warmth’
… an [Ugly Feeling] Trauma
for you to carry around
all… through… Adulthood.
‘Vulnerability’ [In Yourself]
becomes ‘Repulsive’…
‘Weakness’ in others is to be
Exploited… and Selfishness
means ‘Centre Stage’…
with External Validation
being the only [Real] Trophy.
You’ll Feed off the ‘Energy’
of Niceness, Compassion,
and Empathy… without
Understanding its ‘Wisdom’…
Whoring yourself for Attention.
Carrying on your [Former]
‘Torturers’ Work…
you’ll [Unconsciously] Deny
yourself the Beauty of ‘Depth’
for [Superficial] Shallowness.
Unless, ‘It’ did not bre/ak you
all of those years ago… and,
you ‘Find’ the Strength to ‘Fix’
the [Damaged] ‘Knotting’ Inside.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, December 24th, 2023 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.