Ultimate Unrequitedness

Ultimate Unrequitedness ________________________________________ Before we met in the flesh We waltzed with words on a website for dating, A mating dance for a modern world We clicked online and off Profiles made for blending Amending our previous life errors For two forty-something's Fortunate to find old fashioned love Above anything they'd experienced 'til now We found common ground In our un-common past At last, for two, the one. Optimistic for our coupling A future uncertain yet sure His and hers' mature gift. She died on a Thursday Slain by an off springs hand, who emptied The sand of her life's timer. Our non-existent plans shattered By a sick boys' mind Find it hard to blame the illness, not the child. What becomes of loves' chemistry when one element is no more, Torn from the noble bond. Surviving this trauma Does the partner left as one Become the ultimate unrequited lover. Dwelling on the promise Unfulfilled, of a future Sure to have contained joy at last. No, the love between two Lives in the stolen moment Remembered in peace.