Her friends all say she’s looking great
And really doing well;
She doesn’t cry so often, and
She’s come out of her shell
She will rebound, they know it, but
It won’t be in a day —
For sadly, broken hearts, they do not
Bounce back
Right away
Tag: Heartbreak
The Letters
That person that you give yourself
Completely, everything you are –
Who gives you back what you have sent
And says it’s not enough
The letters now up on a shelf
The minutes, miles, traveled far –
The life of love that came and went
The days are rough, the nights are tough
When everything you gave
Is not enough
To share is human:
My Daughter’s Heart
My daughter’s heart lies broken by her husband
He’s now beyond her coaxing or her smile;
Where did it go, the love that shone like starlight
In that man’s eyes
As she walked down
The aisle?
To share is human:
The Night She Didn’t Come Home
The night she didn’t come home
He had made her a perfect dinner
He had rehearsed his apology over and over
He was going to make it right
Her favorite food
Her favorite wine
Ready at the time she would normally be home
Watching the time
Waiting
He knew he had been wrong
So he texted her
That he had a surprise for her when she got home
But that night she didn’t come home
She never came home again
By the time the state patrolman knocked on the door
He was beside himself with worry
Then, with grief
The night she didn’t come home
He had made her a perfect dinner
But nobody ever ate it
Nor drank the wine
Nor heard the apology
And the last angry words
He had said to her
Still ring in his head
Where the wind sweeps restlessly
Beside her silent grave
