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Forgiveness Feels Like a Rotted Grave

Our love was like a fairytale dream,
the kind you read about in a romance novel;
we had it all, our future was bright;
who could ask for anything more.

And still you chose to have your tryst,
and toss our love to the wayward wind.

It was you who decided to walk out the door,
to cast the death knell on our love;
you turned your back on our storybook marriage, 
and chose to bury it in the ground.

While you were out there having your fun,
I was left to pick up the pieces of my heart.

I was so naïve, I never saw it coming;
I thought our love would last forever,
but you tossed me away like yesterday’s fashions,
like you would old clothes out of season.

And now you show up at my door,
and ask me to forgive your indiscretions;

but forgiveness feels like a rotted grave,
and to exhume our love would surely reek.



June 2, 2018

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Line Gauthier Date: 6/16/2018 10:43:00 PM Well penned, John. Congrats on your top win. Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/17/2018 9:27:00 AM Thank you, Line, I appreciate it.

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 6/10/2018 11:42:00 PM Once we lose somebody's trust, it is hard to recapture what we once had, congrats on your winning poem John Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/11/2018 9:30:00 AM Thanks, Pixie, that is so true. Some never trust again for the rest of their lives. John

Curtis Moorman Date: 6/8/2018 11:59:00 PM John, that reads like the story of my life from high school days and even later in life. The grave life puts us in can surely be like was said about Crabby Appleton -- rotten to the core! Congratulations on such a poignantly penned poem. Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/9/2018 10:36:00 AM Thank you so much for your comments, Curtis, I appreciate it. John

Heidi Sands Date: 6/8/2018 9:02:00 AM Congratulations for your win John :) Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/8/2018 9:35:00 AM Thank you, Heidi.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/8/2018 8:11:00 AM - A short greeting and congratulations on your great winning poem, John :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/8/2018 9:13:00 AM Thank you, Anne-Lise.

Beautiful Scars Date: 6/8/2018 7:38:00 AM oh those last 2 lines John. Great way to end the poem. loved this, thank you and congratulations on your placement :)-luloo Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/8/2018 7:45:00 AM Thank you so much, Luloo, I appreciate it and thanks for hosting the contest. John

Rhoda Tripp Date: 6/3/2018 3:57:00 PM You totally rock every form you try, and free verse is no exception. Great write, John. GL in the contest. Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/4/2018 6:15:00 AM Thank you, Rhoda.

Cheryl Hoffman Date: 6/2/2018 8:20:00 PM A very powerful, poignant well written write John~Good luck in the contest!~Che :) Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/2/2018 8:41:00 PM Thank you, Cheryl, I appreciate it. John

Heidi Sands Date: 6/2/2018 9:35:00 AM Very powerful John. Well written! :) Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/2/2018 10:35:00 AM Thank you, Heidi, I appreciate your support. John

Arturo Michael Date: 6/2/2018 8:29:00 AM You expressed it well...what's over is dead...unless there is a resurrection... Nice write...All the best John Login to Reply John Gondolf Date: 6/2/2018 8:36:00 AM Thanks, Arturo, I struggled with the last line, changed it 4 times. At one point I had that I wasn't going to resurrect our love. I appreciate your comments. John