Days of reckoning blaze on the horizon of darkness <br />Torturous despair is accompanied by aimlessness <br />Your world of deceit is sinking into a whirlpool of guilt <br />Crumbling into pieces, eroding all that you have built <br /> <br />You have consumed an ample amount of a toxic anti-freeze <br />The face of a loved one appears as you dropped to your knees <br />The sight of a horrified child brings doubt in spite of your intent <br />Numbness takes over as you withdraw your consent <br /> <br />Waking from a deep sleep you realize that you aren’t dead <br />Now thinking a swift demise will be slow and agonizing instead <br />A yellow cast of jaundice clings to your withering hollow shell <br />Returning to the living with a gnawing pain that feels like hell <br /> <br />An ounce of strength gave you enough power to reveal… <br />You confessed to me, your spouse, an ambiguity that was real <br />For years there had been another with whom you created <br />A family of sons; 'I am sorry, ' were the words you stated <br /> <br />In that dying moment of revelation reality did not seem to calculate <br />My only thought was to get you to the emergency before it was too late <br />Doctors examined and ran test to determine the extent of the damage <br />Your complexion revitalized and I knew you would somehow manage <br /> <br />It seems that confession and forgiveness are good for the soul <br />You have another day to thank God for being whole <br /> <br /> <br />11/27/07<br /><br />Theresa Ann Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-come-back-2/
