Embers
I clutch my breast,
shattered
shards of the once
whole,
rubble our kitchen
floor,
mosaic of smashed
wedding gifts,
failed hopes,
dashed dreams,
ugly mugs stained
hues of love,
hearts drawn thin
as dinner plates,
dining sets burst
spider webs,
sacrificed to the selfish
gods
upon a linoleum altar.
A lone survivor
stares
down upon our battle
ground,
four eyes and
two smiles,
on high, through glass
sky,
two lives,
one wish,
shaken, rattled
not rent,
blue horizons
behind,
I see you, you see
me,
cobbled streets
underneath,
cutting through this
misery,
a photo,
a memory,
faded not forgotten,
dashed not dead,
you and me,
fingers entwined,
dreams alive,
hopes afire,
walking through Madrid.
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