Released Matrimony

Our tomorrow's were endless 

Vowing against any and all..

We were supposed to...

Fight for one another...

Protect one another

Uplift one another 

You as my wife

I as your husband...

Assuring an unconditional love

Unconditional 'til conditions arose

Where problems became many

And solutions vanished...

Loyalty became tarnished 

Testing the untested

Revealing subconscious to the conscious 

Shattering infallible attachments

Birthing escalations of eminent departures 

Reality's intolerance with love's fantasy 

We were destined to suffer under lustful delusions 

In the eye of the storm

A stillness reverberated

Indeed in those illusions 

The discovery of tranquility 

Are the plagues of our failures...

I'll always love you

May a flicker of love for me remains as well 

After we've sailed uncharted for decades

With various degrees of joy

Adrift in a sea of unknowns

Presented with endless opportunities 

Measured against the progress within each struggle 

In eagerness truth is sacrificial

Understanding is an afterthought...

Not even demanding of consideration 

That's just how enamored 

That's just how distorted 

To this love of ours

To this future of ours

Whew...

In the end we became stangers

That loved from a distance 

To protect ourselves in close proximity 

Demanding an apology 

Too consumed to ask for forgiveness