MARRIED TO AN OLD MAN

Like a kite in the summer sky The signs were there, easy to see— A looming end, dark as night Yet she soared, an owl in daylight Blindly, she tied the knot A Gen-Z tied to a millennial. Their days were songs of endless joy Unaware of what greed could create. But as months replaced those golden days Laughter was drowned by dread. The hypertension he'd battled for years Climbed like Everest, leaving her cold. A young widow, she stands alone With whispered stories chasing her shadow Of a heart now hollow and far too affected By a life too brief, and a love too narrow.