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TURN
THE ROCK OVER
A window left unbroken
spills no shards.
An unlocked door,
its hinges untouched,
keeps its silence
about who passed through.
A cloud that never rises
will never loose its rain.
And a widower will never know the
truth
until he turns the rock over
and feels the cold shape
pressed into the earth beneath it.
Turn the rock over
if you dare
to uncover the life she hid,
the shadows curled beneath her name.
For a ghost
casts nothing behind her,
yet you will sense her lingering,
her salted eyelids
fused by winter’s long weeping,
her tears pelting
the still river
and blooming red beneath the surface.
And in her palm,
in that frost‑stiff hand,
lie the broken shards of fear,
deceit, and promises undone
the fragments
Only a ghost is condemned to keep.
But
turn that rock over
if you must.
Just know
the truth will not warm you.
It will rise like a shadow
from what you once held,
and follow you home.
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| artwork by Robert Margetts |
what is the meaning of this poem?
The poem is about the dangerous act of uncovering the truth about someone you loved after they’re gone. The “rock” is the past — heavy, hidden, and cold. Turning it over means confronting what was buried: secrets, betrayals, and the parts of her life that were never shared.
The widower wants answers, but the poem warns that truth is not always healing. Sometimes it haunts.
Some truths don’t set you free. (We all know that to be true). LOL Sometimes they ruin the memory you were trying to protect.
Turning the rock over may reveal what happened, but it may also destroy the love he thought he had.
The truth is “a shadow of what you once held” — meaning the truth is not the relationship itself, but the dark outline of what was missing.
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