Saturday, July 30, 2011

Self Portrait


It is easy enough
to hurt you with my words
to show you your own face
in this scrivened mirror.

It is easy enough
to gather together
all the enormous pain you've caused
and lay it written at your feet.

What is not easy
is admitting ( if only to myself)
that hurting you still hurts me.
and your pain is more than I can bear.

©Vivid X Photography (Self Portrait)

2 comments:

Laena said...

Max, this picture of you is stunning! Really, gorgeous.

This poem is beautiful. I don't have the knowledge or the intelligence to explain its brilliance. All I can offer is my opinion... which is that this poem is beautiful.

This part in particular:

"What is not easy
is admitting ( if only to myself)
that hurting you still hurts me.
and your pain is more than I can bear."

Beautiful.

Thank you for this... and for all your support.

max xavier said...

Thank you for the sweet words, Laena. For the support, you are always welcome.
Thank YOU for your blog post today. It is definitely time to start allowing the joy ;-)