The pieces that once

Seemed immovable

Have shifted;

Now the root of

My heartache

Has been lifted

 

Up, up and away

Out of all misery and despair

Up, up and away

From this broken lover’s lair

 

Until all of it appeared

As worthless matter…

What are they but bits

Of paper portraying

An old life to scatter?

 

Nothing but remnants

Of a life I chose to follow

Nothing but a love

That has now become so hollow

 

Oh wretched ring

That promised a life of love

In all its abundance and trust

You are meaningless treasure

That has turned to rust

 

What choice did I have

But to discard the jewel

In all its rotting decay?

 

Or was I to look down

Upon it affectionately

On my marriage finger

Where it lay…?

 

Such a thought  can only

Fill me with disdain;

Yes, go ahead and entreat

Suffering… see how it causes you pain!

 

And so my only solution left me

No reason to falter:

Remove all ties and connections

With the love

That found reason to alter

 

October 2011