Broken Dreams Of Us

September 11 Prompt ▼

Subject or Theme: Pain ~ what brings or has brought you pain (it can be physical, emotional, mental or it can be something or someone else that brings you pain)
Word(s) to Include: conjure, rustle, hide (or any derivatives of these words) Please highlight words in green in your poem
Forbidden Word(s): pain, abuse, anger, hurt, devastation, sadness, death, die, starve (or any derivatives of these words)
Additional Parameters: Minimum 24 lines of free verse or a form that is at least 24 lines
Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.

Broken Dreams of Us

I can no longer hide or deny
My relationship with my husband
Is dire and crumbling.
I cannot conjure anything
To fix the brokenness
That has befallen
What we have or had together.
I can only watch as he pulls further away,
Telling me I am no longer so special.
Like a gash to my heart,
The barb ensnares
And pulls at the wound,
Causing it to gap and weep.
What I say bores him
And he can find better things to do
With his time.
So now he slips away,
Not saying where he’s going
Or when he will return.
Leaving me waiting,
Sitting on edge,
Wanting to be part of the US that was,
But knowing
His negative soul
Is bitter
And resentment holds him
Locked in past grievances
That he can no longer forgive.
That US is no more
Whatever comes from this
Will be different
If it survives at all.
And right now, I am not sure
If I want it to survive
Or if I want to break free
And go on my own,
Down a path
Fraught with uncertainty.
I rustle and rangle my thoughts
As Fear almost paralyzes me,
But I know my family
Will support
Whatever my choice may be
Come what may.

44 lines.