When love no longer reigns

Depending
upon your point of view,

Where the slow-motion parade
of memories of me and you
 
ones we would most love to save,
reside.

Times,
where passion filled emotions
once ruled

ones, we had held close
between us

Places

we might have sworn
Would never fade

Become unraveled
here before us, here and now

With danger
of falling apart, so close.

Its presence felt so near
It never seems to fade

We are even
shedding tears in different ways

Almost afraid
to breathe together.

Where once
we had thought we had had it made

Now here we are
living moment by moment

every moment

at this gathering of hopes and fears

Struggling to survive,

losing ground to foolish pride

Remaining calm amidst the storm

A lost art alone

In remembrance of times before,

your lovely face, your warm embrace.

Kisses and clasping hands

our sacred space

our loving moments spent more than not,
at times in long quiet conversations

Others, naught.
In solemn contemplation,

we fed one another's heart,
dreams we had bought

In mutual chain reactions
with our compassion.

Where love resides

before the tempest rose

And those who had thought
we would fail

Felt assured,
our loving moments
would be lost

Soon, we would
slip like shadows into the past

Won their bet with the devil
as all hell broke loose

The first barrier erected,
so insignificant a thing

Sealed our fate

when we failed to set aside
a creeping doubt,

being together was all about

Tore holes in our formerly sacred space

What loves protection held,
faded fast...

What we had carefully erected In love
By angers wrath, suddenly erased

The cold winds laughing became the gale

Breaking waves rose over our walls to overtake us.
Ripping all sense of security between our prayers

All that we had valued, gathered near.
Scattered. As if nothing mattered anymore.

What held us together
our innermost treasured moments of bliss,

Held close to heart, swallowed by fear

Skeletal keys to the doors of happiness
No longer gave us passage
to the healing powers of our tattered dreams.

What emotions we once expressed best together,
so swiftly fell apart, went wild and ran away

As once abandoned,

without love to bind it to us

Could no longer be
contained

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