I am quite proud of the fact that I wrote this short piece for a writing competition and made it to the last 3 finalist. Thanks to Gravesend Library for organising the yearly event and congratulations to the winners.
COURAGE by Genny Jones AKA Confident Queen 2017
It takes courage to put on a brave smile and wipe off the tears and be determined to rebuild your life and picking up the pieces of a broken relationship.
Greeting Card Cartoon Illustration of Sad Heart Character on Valentine Day
When a relationship breaks up, it can leave a deep hole in your heart. Sometimes you just sit down thinking about all the wonderful memories you shared, and shed a tear for you never thought a day like this will come when you are trying to mend up the pieces of a broken heart. You sometimes feel you life is on auto pilot. Wake up, get dressed, smile, go to work and try to do the best you can as you right nowm can’t afford to also loose your job.
You go with the flow at work pretending all is well. You finish work and go back home, open the door with tears in your eyes as the house suddenly looks so cold and unloved. You want to have something to eat but you can’t, you sit on the chair, looking around, you still have the wedding photos and pictures of you and your partner on the wall.
You feel very sad, and in so much anger and pain you take them off the wall and smash them to relieve your pain. You look down at your fingers and could see blood dripping as you have a cut. You look at the blood and wished you could bleed to death as the pain of a broken heart seems unbearable. You slump in the chair, with blood still dripping from your finger, somehow you fall into a deep sleep and in that moment all your hurt and pain seem no more.
One night sleeping, you have a strange dream that you are a small bird trapped in a cage, all of a sudden you could see a large hand opening the door of the cage and a voices say – you are free get up and soar like an eagle. All of a sudden , you start changing into an eagle and you are out of that cage soaring higher and higher.
You wake up in the Morning, thinking of that dream, you feel great and perhaps it was the wake up call you needed as from this moment you decide enough is enough, time to take courage and be determined to do whatever it tales to start rebuilding your happier life.
You then begin to think – Just because your once happy relationship comes to an end, does not mean you should but your life on hold and be unhappy whilst the other person has moved on are getting on with their own life. The key is to accept how you are feeling right now and learn to take one day at a time with the belief and courage hat one day you will feel better and the hurt you feel will be less painful.
Confident Queen Genny 