Friday, June 13, 2025

How sweet it is Sept 24, 2012

 


It's still too soon to grieve for it which died yet not buried, the scent of dead flowers overwhelming me as I breathe each breath, a struggle, the pattern of heart beats less from love loss and  dread of unknown, each step I take, one stumbling foot falll after the other, taking me further from the the mound of freshly dug up soil into which we insist on burying it

How it died is still a matter of debate, whether suicide or murder matters less than how love managed to turn into hate, too late to alter or change course

 there is only so many times you can stab a heart until it ceases to beat; it won't wake up even to the sweet smell of roses or the sad potpourri

it is something sweeter in reflection, in retrospect, an illusion we mistake for tenderness, propped up by our own regret and yet we may mourn for something that never was, apply it with petals to make it seem sweeter than it could ever be


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