Lovers Poem Poem by gail godin

How can it be that a love like ours
Filled with happiness and so much joy
Can be over, done and finished
Between this girl and boy.

Kind and loving words we shared
That were truly from our hearts
Turned to hurtful, angry, selfish words
Tasting bitter, flaming and tart.

They fly like sharpened daggers
As they tear into their mark
Rejoice! We whisper, as the red blood flows
From the pierced and withering heart.

A heart that was mine
As mine was yours
Forever and always
Throughout the years.

Then something happened;
We started to change.
We laughed less often
Our kindness was strained.

We spoke to each other less often
We just didn't think to share
The burdens of life's pressures,
Our minds blindly unaware.

That something was brewing
In each of our hearts
Kisses tasting of honey
Were now bitter and tart.

Yet we stood for the challenge
Armored, ready to fight
Neither would surrender -
We fought with all our might.

Our union, it seemed
Was destined to end
We became hurtful,
Blind, unable to bend.

We're unflexible, uncompromising
Rigid and stiff
That's just not the way
To give our spirits a lift.

We both know we deserve
Something better than this
Even though by leaving
Each other we'll miss.

Our union is little more than routine
We see each other only in passing
Separate rooms and different lives
This love can't be ever-lasting.

So, I guess this is it then
'The duration' has come
But I wish you happiness
You certainly deserve some.