• Tears that fall
    Lips that cry
    Cry out to the pain
    Unending pain

    His confusion
    It was a confusion
    A snarl in the depths
    Worry cannot fade
    Will not fade

    Her future
    Torn away, from her
    Unmercifully ripped away

    To get what she needed
    Worked so hard
    Fought, pushed her way through
    Yet she got him
    Incomplete b*****d

    Success
    Her glory
    His shame

    And yet again
    Was he egocentric
    Or altruistic?

    A childhood of blind hatred
    A young adulthood of practiced disregard
    And an adult whose heart as cold as stone

    In the evening, she was a realist
    He was a man
    When he was a boy
    Fights came easily
    Prejudice was forgiven
    In the evening, he was imperfect

    Fights that were thrown back to the past
    Were reeled back in
    Scratches with blood painted nails
    Hoarse crying
    Ecstasy driven

    Fearful when the time came
    Blood
    Too much
    Turmoil
    Furore
    Fracas
    Never to feel this way again
    A passing shadow
    Long dead ghost

    Elation
    A feeling never felt before

    In the end
    Did she change him
    A monster
    Into a lake
    Calm unchanging

    She a beauty of her own kind
    Did he change her
    Confident in the day
    By night
    Insecure and worried

    It was a confusion
    A snarl in the depths

    Husband and wife were partners in their lifelong gathered secrets
    Precious secrets like the exquisite, smooth rocks
    At the bottom of the river that flooded so long ago
    The beauty in the depths.