Two Hearts Spent Poem by Carolyn Brunelle

A lifetime’s
relationship
still lies
where it was tossed,
like an old tattered rag,
in the corner of the room.
unnoticed; unattended.

The “ successful couple”
on a road too long,
with too much sacrifice;
time they both stole
from two young hearts
that promised
to be in love forever.

Bought it all, have it all,
living the “good life”;
still together
as ‘man and wife’.
Hiding empty hearts
they weather the loneliness,
and neither one of them
understands why.