I’m Married

Curls frame gaunt cheeks. Clouded eyes wrack memory files.

Curls frame gaunt cheeks. Clouded eyes wrack memory files.

Haf hearted smile.
Lackluster Embrace.
Polite, distant, cold.

Thoughts flip, twist, turn, down memory lane. 
Lame just the same. 
Different face, same taste on bitter lips.
Words slip and drip
Drip
Drip

Cradling precious away from sinner
Words rise from dormant depths 
Scorching, eviscerating, cleansing.

Know this look well. Can place phrase like prophet predicts doom.
Phalanx strong. Wall of rejection unspoken.
Trojan horse of greeting.
Answer to question never asked.
Know this, preemptive strike from above.

Avalanche of desperation.
Tumbling, Falling, Cascading
Niagra
Falling
Falls
Fell

Failed
Imperfect rock upon finger.
Pressure designed
Consumer constructed
Feeding upon notion.
Your significance.

Yet it makes no difference.
Repentance only a superstition.
No admittance of ignorance.
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind
Oblivious to the reality
Totality of superficiality.

As she speaks with Finality.
I’m Married.