Kj Hooten Poet Free verse

Midnight Thoughts On a Failed Marriage

How can you hear something stop?
How do you know when it’s over?

We were once lovers
Friends

I gazed at his sleeping face

And looked into my heart
I saw grey shadows of silence
Floating in the emptiness

That was when I realized 
I had to leave
‘Lest I completely disappear

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Annie Lander December 19, 2012 at 3:12 PM I been there, many nights i gazed at his face and asked myself why... i couldn't foretell my future Kj Hooten December 19, 2012 at 3:32 PM i hope your future is/was better. I walked into several similar situations until I gave up. My 'love' now is a cat. Plus wonderful grandchildren. And I'm finally learning to honor myself. KJ

Matthew Anish November 21, 2012 at 6:26 PM Reminds me of a Cary Simon song which I believe was called "I'ts too late Baby" It was also about a failed relationship. It is not easy to find a soulmate and you show clearly how one can be mistaken. Peace & Love Matthew Anish Kj Hooten November 24, 2012 at 3:09 PM Ah ha! Got help and can now reply to your kind comment. Thanks. I love Carly Simon. I love Love. With all my experience with it, I think my soulmate must be on the other side. Maybe we'll get together in the next life. Unless he digs old chicks...