No callous thoughts
Nor cold intent
Should dwell where love’s
Been freely spent.
Unequalled pleasure
Can’t decry
Where love was known
Though, by and by,
Treasured moments
One time enthralled,
Glimpsed afar,
Now unrecalled.
Bitter hearts
Disclaim, with voice,
Past memories
As if no choice
Had taken part
In ending all,
Hostile relations
After the fall
From grace and trust
Where love was living,
Recollections
Unforgiving.
They passed this way,
Once hand in hand,
A surer love,
No wedding band
Could so unite
The two apart,
Where love once dwelt
Lives broken heart
And cordial calmness
Claims surrender,
Harsh words, contempt
Sever, dismember,
Leaving nought
But recollections,
Remembrances,
Bittersweet perfection.
Imperfect memory
Chills to the core
All treasured moments,
Never more.
Coupled collapsing
Feels dismay,
Abysmal distrust,
Love cannot stay.
They grieve their loss
In strangest manner,
Vindictive, cruel,
A jealous rancour.
These people are
Still known to me,
I watch
And listen carefully
And ponder how
A love once sown,
Grew then withered,
Split to the bone.
Words, then endearing,
Draw blood, now bitten,
Fragmented love
From two once smitten.
Divided, riven,
Torn apart,
Indifference chills
But where to start
When coldness turns
To malevolence
And hurts and robs
All innocence?
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