Unions I have known
attempted conjugal paths
hammered and etched
of steel and glass

Blissful beginnings
torturous lessons
dragging one or the other
off course

Promises of better
blink in the headlight
while hope from the past
fades in the rearview mirror

Rage against loss
of what was only
a potential
unrealized

The shiny blink
Beckoned to me
and a hundred others
Eventually fading away

Alone now
learning to love
the only one
I can trust