What We Had.

Fay Slimm.

 

What We Had

.
A moment in time.
is all it takes to create
a closure
to something that lasted
for so very long.
One moment arrives
to abdicate, fold
away in practised phrases
of chosen style,
a lifetime's duo, smeared
with abrasive
short quick goodbyes.
Why is it not seen
that a much treasured affair
can slowly change,
become cracked, out-worn,
a broken has-been
in which two unhappy souls
are now ready for war.
For one more moment,
show me again, dear love
of my heart
what we had before

  • Author: Fay Slimm. (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 1st, 2017 05:29
  • Comment from author about the poem: The picture invoked a feeling of closure and a poet's imagination supplied the rest.
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 25
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Comments7

  • Tony36

    Well written and expressed

  • BRIAN & ANGELA

    Thanks FAY ~ I meet this scenario too often in all walks of life ~ tensions come in ~ love dies and the sacred bond is broken ! What first drew them together and grew in love ~ WHAT THY HAD BEFORE ~ does not last for ever and when it ies they separate. I see it at work ~ in my extended Family and even in my Church Family. The sad thing iss it is seldom amicable and never equal. On partner is always hurt more than the other sometimes ~ much much more ~ and that is very sad. Thanks for caring & sharing ~ Yours B.

  • Michael Edwards

    So well written - the pain of breaking up - can't imagine what is like to suffer this but the poem goes a long way to explain.

  • orchidee

    A fine write.

  • WriteBeLight

    Great job Fay and love the significance of the sunset, or sunrise. What ever fits here.

  • Goldfinch60

    Beautiful write. Thank you.

  • Neville

    this is such a sad lament, your words though delicately laid carry such a weight and flow.. probably one of the most anguished and understandable pleas I have encountered for a long time.... this is certainly a poem any poet would be proud to have written..... .. Neville

    • Fay Slimm.

      A lament indeed Nev.Thank you for your kind understanding of what once was and is no more. - - - yes words mon ami can carry a world of weight yet when written down can lighten the heaviest load.......................x Fay



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