In A Sentimental Mood
Dear one,
I never thought my life could change
As suddenly as a sharply drawn breath
An unexpected run in with duty after desire
Tight words spoken in the dark
Betraying the turbulent, hidden emotions
And all the unresolved issues
That slowly but surely damaged;
And now strained at the hinges of a union
Which was perhaps star crossed from the start
But the stars blinded us from the truth
Until we could see nothing else
Falling in a sentimental mood,
It would’ve been too easy to slip back into the stupor
Of the dominant and the submissive,
The strong and the weak, the man and the woman
With the pungent spices of mistrust, jealousy, and insecurity
But the taste of freedom still lingered on my tastebuds
And I hadn’t known that I was starving...
That’s when the break came,
With a warning like a tsunami and sharp as a guillotine
The two who had once been twain
Now unraveled faster than comprehension
Splitting into opposites with no direction
With an agony that made death seem like a lover...
Turning over the ring that isn’t there
As though I could stop up the emptiness in my soul
Learning the lessons one always hears
But never gives much thought to
Unless you’re in a sentimental mood