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.
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