The Poetry Marathon

In the honeymoon phase

I could find a hundred and two ways

to say I love you

and what I loved about you.

Your laugh

Your smile

Your long eyelashes

Late night back rubs

Early morning cuddles.

And somewhere along the way

Life butt her way and

Then came

Long hours

Short weekends

No more date nights

Up all night with the baby

Washing endless loads of clothes

Play dates

The 1st day of school

Dance recitals

Forgotten errands

Midlife crisis

Menopause….

And I don’t even know

Why

I love you anymore

But I know

That I love you.

 

Written in response to Ben Howard’s “I Forget Where We Were” video.

How do you know

when it’s truly over?

How do you deal

When the friendship has to end?

Wishing you could go back

And know you can’t move forward.

Dealing or not dealing

when you think it has to end.

When two people meet

And the joy of common interests

Collides into an instant bond

Wanting to know more and more

Maybe too fast, but can’t stop

You ride to extreme highs

They were good times

And then the lows

You wonder if you ever were alike

Until you reach the point

The last straw

The tipping point

The point of no return

How do you know

when it’s truly over?

How do you deal

When the friendship has to end?

Wishing you could go back

And know you can’t move forward.

Dealing or not dealing

when you know it has to end.