Marriage Lost
The chill falls beneath me
Around me
In places bereft of the vows of love
Where pretty words once held
By civilized tongue
Now acid rain and loveless lies
Or only silence is spoken
Yet I persevere despite him
Despite his indifference
I am still here
Beyond his contempt his blank eyes
I am still here
So I will rise above this nightmare
To walk among angels
Leaving him behind
The sad gaze of his image
Lost suffocating by his own lies
Afraid to truly be alive
His gait is that of an awkward ghost
Solemn and vacantly unmoving
Even as I stumble away
My footfalls from his treachery
His longing to be miserable
He will be more so in it alone
As I decide finally to live
To love despite him
Smile again beyond him
While I reach tentative fingers
Scratching towards the light
To face the whatever
Better than swallowed
In the nothing of us forever
A time to die in metaphor
If only to breathe again
(C)Angel Hart Poetry
2/4/2011
