The Joy Of Pain Part One (Barely Survived) Poem by Rowdy Solomon

I should have read the fine print on the brochure...
Maybe I wouldn't be here
It started out as...

Dinner with the most delicious meals
And finest of wines
Moonlight to magnify our
Specific features of distinct beauty
Volumes of laughter and conversation
Add to an already eccentric mood

Both of us are new to this
Though it seems so familiar
Like a long lost experience
Found in each other
Finally... a chance to be free
A chance to be me

Gifts are exchanged as well as
Hearts to cherish. The most
Precious gift of all
One was cherished. One...
Was broken

We just couldn't weather the storm
After having our worlds flipped upside down
She was rescued from me
And I drifted away uncontrollably

Regrets are void
And faults are not substantial
There was harm but no foul
I just wish I saw it coming.
Maybe I did but ignored it

No longer will I
Be overboard, diving in denial
I have emerged to see.
It's over...

So now I sit here and deeply breathe
On life's shoreline
Shivering.