An Anatomy of a Dying Marriage
An Anatomy of a Dying Marriage
Allies you thought you had for sure
Often turn out to be not
And will get you best and worst
When you are lost
You wonder how you couldn’t see
That they were no true allies of me
Men trade promises of long term dreams
To get what they want in the moment it seems
Although these moments can last for years
While the promises, deftly put to one side, dry and crack
Rivers of tears accompany dying dreams
And for them, along with your marriage, you must grieve
At these times worst is the fear
That in the coming years, there will be no new dreams
But exhausted you will reluctantly ask, is this all bad?
Remember dying dreams end in too many tears
Do you want that in your coming years?
Or something which will contain less fears?
Conversation becomes something the two of you
Can no longer achieve
It’s not that you’ve already said it all
It’s just what you’ve said before, for however long it seems
No longer works
The house dies, the flora on the curtains
The sterile tiles, there is too much air filling these rooms
It feels thick, and stifling
Everything is so still
Can the dead ever come back to life?
The house is just a place to store your things
You can feel homeless even when you have keys to a door
And a job to pay for it all
Yet there you are chained to this place that feels like a morgue
You wonder where you can possibly go
To fill a few hours, to avoid going home
Ultimately ending up somewhere (anywhere)
Alone
Maybe in these times you will find
A hidden ally, a friend indeed
Who will humble you with their truth
Which you have to accept, however hard
Because what they have to say is for only you
And you will ask yourself
How did I not see or hear these things before?
But you were surrounded by those
Who had an interest in
Keeping things as they liked them
During the good times and the feast
While they thought of you the least
Anna Archichek
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