LOVE LOST AND UNFORTUNATELY FOUND

Love Lost And Unfortunately Found 

High school sweethearts 
meet at tenth reunion 
then never again 

One is gone 
the other curious 
reaches out to the offspring 

And the child tells the tale 
of what the lost sweetheart became 
the vanity 
the ego 
the malice 
dying 
vengeful and alone 

A sentimental senior citizen’s 
warm high school memories 
becomes victim 
to the dead’s truth 

October 18, 2018

4 comments:

  1. what an intense journey - this one, brutal.

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  2. Inspired by the letter I recently rec’d from Ma’s high school sweetheart.

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    1. It would've been, which is why the offspring chose not to talk, except in poem form.

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