The Fractured Vows
Once, so long ago, in love, we did believe
A union was forged, forever to conceive
But shattered dreams and promises untold
Betrayal's wrath, our story now unfolds
With heavy hearts and melancholic gaze
Standing amidst the wreckage of our former joyful days
A modern tale of divorce, so bitter and so cold
Where disappointment's taunting grip takes a firm hold
We danced on fragile grounds of counterfeit bliss
Yet underneath the surface, the truth we couldn’t resist
In adulthood's haze, we drowned in deceit
A flurry of mistakes, too impossible to defeat
Broken echoes of vows whispered in vain
Their remnants directly haunt us with sorrow and pain
We fought with fiery words that scarred the soul
Till love's fabric unraveled, beyond any of our control
Among the ashes of love now withered and decayed
We each walk separate paths, hearts jaded and frayed
Dishonesty's weight burdening our hollow chests
A tragedy fully scripted wherein neither attests
Anger festers within us, boiling in blatant rage
Depression's embrace keeps us locked in a wedded cage
Frustration envelops like a suffocating mist
As the fragile tendrils of heartbreak cruelly persist
We mourn for a marriage that could never be saved
An illusion of forever now lost among the rapid waves
In this modern world, where love can and will expire
Our souls are left drowning in a sea of unrequited desire
The bitter taste of farewell lingers on our cracked lips
As we navigate the aftermath, with trembling, unsteady grips
In the end, mistakes have led us both astray
Two souls forever haunted by what we never could say
*I wrote this poem on January 13, 2024, as part of a ’30 days of poetry’ January challenge. This was day 13 and the prompt was: “A ballad about a modern divorce.”
Copyright © Courtney Hubbert | Year Posted 2024
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