POEM OF THE DAY - "The End of a Love Affair"

The poem is one of my personal favorites. I wrote it in about 20 minutes on the strength of a friend of mine going through turmoil with her then husband over and over again. I hope you enjoy reading it as mush as I did writing it:

"The End of a Love Affair"


What happens when the music ends
and the dance is not so sweet?
The lover affair has gone so sour
and the flame is oh so weak.
The roses have all wilted
the cards all thrown away.
A night’s embrace has been replaced
with silence from night to day.
The sweet perfume no longer lingers
the sex is come and go.
The arguments more aggressive,
your lover, now your foe.
The dinner table never used
the china gathers dust.
A shower together, never,
your nudeness, your disgust.
The kindness lead to rumors
of things you dare not do.
Your circle of friends has multiplied,
now made up of two.
The effort goes unnoticed
on the time you spent doing
things that helped you achieve
the dreams you were pursuing.
A cold hello and then goodbye
no kiss to make your day.
I know you often wonder how
could you treat each other that way?
The nights alone are replaced with sex
from a person that misleads,
uses your body and leaves you ashamed
just to satisfy your needs.
The tokens of love have all but vanished,
the debt, you no longer share.
The price for love now paid with hate
at the end of a love affair.
So what happens when the music ends
and the dance is not so sweet?
Do you start the record over
just to let the dance repeat?


WYLD STYLZ