From confusion to Fusion’s Conclusion
FROM CONFUSION TO FUSION'S CONCLUSION
When a couple once spliced starts to split
what becomes of bright eyes starry lit,
of the promises made
wedding white knight, fair maid?
Why the torments and turning of spit?
For its seldom of common accord
that relationships once by the board
fall like flies in Iraq
with a vengeance lies stark,
leaving victims hog tied with tight cord.
“You’ll be happier far than before”
says the hypocrite running for door,
but the one once adored
feels the turn of the sword,
as regrets close all bets, shaken core.
When one, after years of neglect, -
which itself shows gross lack of respect -
announces departure
to far greener pasture,
the forsaken awakens abject.
To whom ultimatum would try
role reversal respond then the lie –
either present or past, -
will thus surface at last:
retaining clear conscience break tie!
Provocation as means to a break up
is vocation the guilty oft take up,
but the hurt which occurs
from the cur’s bite incurs
much frustration, too much for a make up.
Should blackmail replace hearts that flirted
underlining half-truths often skirted,
with contempt treat vile threat, -
though pain’s hard to forget –
once bitten, twice shy, stays alerted!
Though joy’s memories seem to ring clear,
they, reviewed with true hindsight appear
as betrayal or worse
masquerade, bitter curse,
of lost time spent in bond insincere.
Yet perhaps it is better to learn
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poem by Jonathan Robin
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