The brutal torture
of betrayal hung
like a swinging blade
over any faith in love.
Duties influenced,
honoured in loyalty
...where now,
a wind of change,
tore savage at
the ragged edges
of damaged love.
But here,
brought together
by chance conversation,
a slow thaw entered.
Alone together again
the agony of their past
gained a shared beauty
of it\'s own.