L Milton Hankins Poet Free verse

Death of a Relationship

Oh, the times I have regretted leaving you
Thinking about what I would do differently,
Wracking my brain for a better solution
To the problems that caused your bitterness
Eventually leading to my giving up on you.
Came the time when I could no longer abide
Your volatile and temperamental malignity
Which made my life insufferably unbearable,
So, I left behind the good times, and I fled
For my sanity, hoping to make a better life
Unfettered with nastiness and spitefulness,
Keeping in mind “beauty is only skin deep,”
How it takes two to make a relationship work.

Written August 16, 2022

♡Like0

Share Poem

---

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Caren Krutsinger August 16, 2022 at 11:46 PM No one welcomes this in a relationship "Your volatile and temperamental malignity - it was meant that you should escape. L Milton Hankins August 17, 2022 at 8:15 AM This was fiction, Caren, although my first marriage was what I had in mind. She had the temper from hell and you never knew when it was going to blow. Oh, well......