There's a time
In everyone's life
When love turns sour
And sorrow
Fills one's soul
Words fall between
Empty spaces
Emotions bottled up
Too long, turn bitter
There's a fault
At every move,
Every look
Of the other
No more smiles
No more laughter
Hearts turn away
Anger spills forth
Causes are many
But reason the same
Hearts turn cold
Brain takes over
Superior, logical, fair,
And yet not quite the same
Where's all the romance?
The banter, the pranks?
The efforts to please the other?
Those days are past
Both agree
Childishness they retort
At the beautiful
Memories of sunshine
In their lives
Yet, isn't it strange
That this matured image
Acts double the child?
Battle lines are drawn,
Wars errupt
Artillery spills forth
In violence and tears,
They approach the courts
"What is to become of us?"
The children moan
"Divorce !" , the judge proclaims
His hammer sending
A chill of finality
In everyone gathered around
Two seperate ways,
Two seperate lives,
Years pass by
Where's love now?
An emotion so pure,
So enchanting, so blind?
"'No more love !"
Aphrodite sighs
The world has changed
For better or for worse,
You decide...........
