Love's Infernal Dance

Love wrapped itself around my heart with a chain not meant to be broken. That was the way it was supposed to be, for I had no intention of ever choosing to break free. In marriage we were yoked by sentiments that once were real, but were lost somewhere along the way. Through fate or destiny, there is no release from love's infernal dance. My heart was left without a clue, wondering why things went wrong, and so it laments in songs of misery. singing forlorn blues emotions, falling as tears refrains from my heart No cries for mercy will ever set my heart free from knotted ropes of memories. I'm tethered in arrested custody; a caged bird, a lonesome dove whose cheeks are salted from rivers wept. Lost is the key to open the lock that would unshackle me. I've lifted the veil, my Wizard of Oz curtain, by writing about my heartache in lyrical sonnets. Yet, I still travel down the yellow brick road...alone, searching for a way to bring my heart back home. just drifting along seeking a haven of calm for my heart to mend December 24, 2020 Curtains Of Your Heart Contest Sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke