Case closed

the closing

arguments

have been

heard

heated

although they

were

they were

candid and

transparent

opposing counsel

gave the best

speech he could

write from

somewhere down

in his bones

he obviously

sold his soul

to the devil

many moons

ago

but his story

was compelling

his closing

argument

foretelling

of the verdict

that would

crush the

very existence

of my spirit

so with words

I didn’t trust

they came out

in a rush

but were

authentic and

unrehearsed

the jury hung

on each word

caressed the

pain found in

each verb

and danced

along the

sentiment

they found

when the sound

grew to silent

the galley

was left shocked

and quiet

to discuss how

they felt about

love that didn’t

survive

they wanted this

one situation

to reverse

and there to

be in the wake

waiting

two hearts

that would travel

down the same

road together

but after two

half hours of

whatever

the deliberation

was brought

together

and it was

decided in

the favor of

the one who

brought the rose

with thorns

that I now oppose

the love that

wanted to bundle

himself in vases

across my heart

 

FJ original 2016