Hope Falters

A smile, a glance
Hearts beat faster
Hand to waist
The room spins

She grabbed his arm gently
As they bent over with laughter
Smiling together
A fond memory

Days passed
Words grew fewer
Doubts were planted
As a dream began to fade

Finally
A decision made
One feared loss
While the other truly gave

They parted
Choosing their separate ways
Apart as before
Wishing things could have stayed the same

A longing gaze
Still lingered after
The sway of her shoulders
As she walked away

No longer laughter

Growing apart

Pain within

Each separate heart

Even with care
There was still a divide
In the heart of the one
Who remained devoted

Scars remained
Like broken pieces
Shards of glass inside

They decided to take a chance
Hope took flight,
With wings like a dove
Lifting higher into the clouds

Until one day,
Hope flew away
Out of sight,
Out of reach.


We take a chance,
A chance on love
On trusting in a greater good

Knowing someday, somehow
Hope won't falter
It will grow
Into love greater than this world

Beyond ourselves,
Human comprehension
Beyond words spoken,
Or even romance fiction

We hope, we trust
Reaching, we let ourselves love
Feelings grow
Then trust is broken

Hearts grow apart,
Break and splinter.
Escape from pain alludes
Even as we continue chasing after

We fall, we falter
And we cry
Nurse our wounds
Feel we want to die

There is nothing that can truly comfort
Save forgetting for a time
The feelings that once lifted, then denied

Time will heal a broken heart
Only that will be a healing balm
Upon a wound festering inside
This friend unsought will come and mend

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