Them and her…

They sat holding hands….

The crackle of the fire

Warming their cold bones…

Their gnarled fingers intertwined,

A testimony of a life of

Togetherness, of a life fulfilled.

Their silence like music

Soothe their hearts.

His salt and pepper hair

Now snowy white

Shine in the glowing ember.

She wants to slide her fingers

Through the silvery strands

But doesn’t….

Gestures like this no longer,

A proof of her steadfastness.

His still twinkling eyes behold

Her with love and affection

Many a storm has

Come and gone

But they have stood

Their ground.

Like pillars they

Have held their legacy together.

His angelic smile warms

Her content heart

As they gaze into

Each other’s soul.

Ensconced in their world

Their journey of life

Began and will end

As one, bonded forever.

She sits huddled

Close to her fire.

Her old, weary, cold bones

Seeking the only warmth

Left to her

The other woman….

Worlds separate them

Loving him yet lost to him always.

Her crop of silvery strands

Too shines in the burning light

Stooped and alone

She sits reminiscing….

The spring of love

That had welled in her

Now lies dried and dead….

A memory only….

Her smile still lights

Her lined face,

But tinged with melancholy.

His promises, his words

Still beating in her heart

“Love me and await,

I promise I will come to you”

His words reverberate….

Remaining a refrain in her life.

She waited by the

Door of hope…

Hoping against hope

But it stayed shut

Only silence echoed…

A silence that clamored

For a resolution…

That never came.

Shivers wrack her tired frame

As flashes of emotion

Surge like lightening…

His laughter, his smile.

His deep voice with

His tender words

“Not right now baby….”

But the line remains

Incomplete…

It stays suspended

In the passage of time.

He abandoned her

His other woman…

To uphold his legacy, his woman

As she died and

Shriveled inside

With emptiness

Residing forever in her heart.

They had met at a crossroad

Their paths crossing briefly

Love swept them away

The deluge of emotions racing in their veins

Blinding them…
Till conviction came calling….

Their parallel lives

Had no meeting point

He tries to explain…

While her love groped and

Groveled in the darkness

Of uncertainty

And withered away

Lost in this journey forever….