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#POETRY# MOMENTS

So, it’s another Monday.
Today’s poem is on moments, appreciating them and taking second looks at the seemingly mundane.
Enjoy!
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MOMENTS
You never know, you just never know
There he was last night, holding your hands,
Looking into your eyes with passion beyond expression,
And then; here he was this morning, telling a sad tale of never!
Who knew love could become so tasteless overnight?
It had seemed over in less than a flash;
So much for the deep love you shared.
Where it all ends, you just never know!

Memories of baby’s not so far away childhood,
Flickered before her eyes like a dimly lit flame
Was it not just last summer she had started crawling?
And in what appeared to be less than 24hours,
She had walked, jumped and taken sandwiches to school
And now, she fit smugly into a graduation gown, cape and all,
Her baby was now a grown woman
And those memories were all she had left!

He stroked her tapered fingers lovingly as he wept by her bedside,
You see, she had just passed away
The only woman he had ever truly offered his heart to;
And yet, he’d been conspicuously absent during their sham of a marriage
Night upon night of candlelit dinners he’d missed,
Gourmets meant for them which she had feasted upon alone,
And here he was, palpating the remains of those skillful limbs
He had missed the best parts: and only because of his non-chalance.

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