Contest: Actualization of Affection, sponsored by Ink Empress. Written 5/17/26
We met by chance or maybe fate It became a love that was tainted by hate We were young and treaded in dangerous waters Drawn to each other by passion and desire Living for the day and was all that mattered We married and once the fireworks ended the bombs began Explosions of passion mixed with many hurtful moments A passion that turned into dependence and control An unhealthy balance, mostly dark but still enticing We ended our relationship years later in divorce No longer in each other’s lives, no contact, no more abuse Remembering those moments as times I'd like to forget I will always remember those dark chapters of my life Many lessons learned from losing oneself to a fantasy It was a strange kind of love, like a storm of roses in bloom Beautiful on the outside, until the inner thorns were exposed
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