It’s time to decide,
Clear-eyed, emotionless.
Time to split
The furniture, the books,
Even the children….
Vestiges of a marriage
Come to an end.
The cold counting
Of what goes where,
To whom –
A far cry
From the heady love
And impetuousness
Of early marriage.
Too late to analyze
What went wrong,
When, and how –
Too late to understand
Why the magic disappeared.
All one can hope for –
To get past the hate,
Past the anger,
To a state
Of calm acceptance
7 comments:
That is a very very wry, but true observation. I hear occurrences of painful separations from near newly weds to long-time weds with children taking the brunt. The last para sums it nice.
Calm, reflective post.
Thanks RamMmm :) Wry? Maybe.When you are an observer, and not caught up in the emotion, I guess you can come up with a wry observation. Sad,but most such partings are hard on everyone involved.
I couldn't understand it totally. Pardon me but I hope it's just a creative expression and not something that someone's going through.
Vishwa, I understand:) But it is something that a very close friend is going through, and so, yes, it is very real...
Wonder when it stops being a bad thing and starts being a good thing. Just heard of a couple of incidents where i honestly believe that it would have been better for at least one of the parties if they had parted.
(also, just heard of someone who IS parting after 40 years odd of marriage. their kids are significantly older than i am. was quite taken aback)
Cynic,don't be taken aback! As you say, sometimes it is a good thing:)! Once you are past the pain, things actually look and feel better! It is only our fear of change that keeps us in restrictive relationships.
When a relationship is made of social commitment and if love takes a back seat in such relationships, such things are bound to happen, pain is inevitable, bouncing back to normalcy with determination and courage can help the person to overcome the trauma of separation. meditation can also help in such times, in tamil there is a wonderful saying "idhuvum kadandhu pogum".So,This too will pass meena.
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