What first began with ecstasy continued for a while... <br />She captured every part of me with each seducing smile... <br />It's not that she intended this, yet that's how things turned out <br />And some would say that perfect bliss is what life's all about... <br /> <br />The weeks flew by, yet time stood still each moment we embraced <br />And I recall the utmost thrill of how her lips would taste... <br />I held her close, we stood as one, our hearts were beating fast... <br />So how was I to know our fun just wasn't meant to last? <br /> <br />She didn't call, she didn't write, I saw no reason why... <br />But then one night, I gained insight and then watched my love die... <br />And die it did, at first quite slow, for who wants love to end? <br />Its death struck me a mortal blow... I'm not the same, my friend... <br /> <br />A part of me, with love, died, too... How can I love again? <br />How can what's left of me pursue true love like trusting men? <br />So here I am, alone once more, no lips to kiss at all, <br />Indeed more lonely than before, since memories I recall... <br /> <br />How many years are left to live, if living's quite the word? <br />A broken heart, what can it give? To love would be absurd... <br />If I've one chance, then that's enough, perchance to raise the bar! <br />For broken hearts still yearn to love! That's just the way they are! <br /> <br /> <br />Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2011.<br /><br />Denis Martindale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-love-dies-10/
