This life this coexistence <br />We inhabit like an old coat <br />Tattered and worn <br />Held together by threads of habit, <br />Convenience, <br />And moral obligation. <br />The love has gone, but life goes on. <br />And we pull this coat about us <br />To keep away the chill <br />If not to keep us warm <br />Souls divided, hearts estranged <br />Lives collided <br />Dreams broken on the same shore <br />And so we dwell among the wreckage <br />Pretending life is better <br />Looking for a reason to go on<br /><br />David S Dennis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/74-this-old-coat/
