Leaving Home – A Poem About Getting Rejected by a Lover
Leaving home and venturing alone
Out across the unfamiliar frontier.
The scenery and signposts are all unknown,
And my heart sags, burdened by hesitation and fear.
Traveling along tomorrow's highway,
Musing over the miles left behind.
But when you've played every card there is to play,
Your eviction notice has been signed.
It's no easy task to pack up the memories,
Pile your bags high with hopes of what you thought would be.
But when your heart is denied all entries,
It's clear you've been rejected, not set free.
So now one set of footprints mark the journey
Where there once were two.
This road has become winding and curvy
At the thought of starting something new.
But I have no regrets nor reservations;
I did all that I could do.
I'm just weighted down by a trunk filled with frustrations
That I was not worth the fight for you.
I'll travel on,
Knowing there's an exit within my sight.
But my heart still worries how you'll get along
Through your dark and arduous night.
My only concern is for your poor heart -
So blind and was never able to see.
I would have held your hand tightly through the dark,
But instead you've settled for misery.
Leaving home and venturing alone,
Determined to not let fear decide my fate.
Far better to blaze a path into the unknown
Than to remain comfortable and stagnate.
-Poem Written by Justin Farley
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Thorns of Love – Sad Love Poems About Heartbreak and Break Ups by Justin Farley
Nature’s Bounty – A Chapbook of Poems About Nature by Justin Farley
A Voice in the Wilderness – A Chapbook of Poems About God by Justin Farley
Blossoms of Hope: Inspirational Spring Poems About Mental Health and Healing by Justin Farley
Frozen Rivers: A Collection of Poems about Mental Health and Nature Poetry About Winter by Justin Farley
My current collections of poetry, all available on Amazon, all written by me, Justin Farley. A Voice in the Wilderness is a chapbook of Christian Poetry, written about the joys, doubts, struggles, and sorrows of the Christian life. Nature’s Bounty is a collection of nature poetry celebrating my love for the outdoors. And Thorns of Love is the first book of three in a series of poems about love, this one being sad, breakup poems.
I have also published two poetry collections about the seasons and mental health–each book containing half nature poems about the particular season and half mental health issues that I felt correspond with the season. The first collection I published was Frozen Rivers which is about winter and also the hardships of life and specifically living with mental illness. My latest book is Blossoms of Hope which focuses on spring and finding hope during hard times.
I write to reach the hearts of the searching, the suffering, the still fighting. I write to soothe my soul and hopefully to soothe yours too. I write to celebrate and attempt to put words to the beauty of life. Here are my published books on Amazon. More to come. A huge, humble thank you to anyone who supports my work.
-Justin Farley
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