A lifelong promise
Is broken in an instant
With a court date
And a stack of papers.
Fights and arguments
And misunderstandings
Have broken the bond
Between two that seemed
Inseparable,
In what feels like just yesterday.
They tore apart the one thing
All humans need;
All humans strive for.
How can something so strong
Fall apart so easily?
Didn't you promise?
For better or worse?
In sickness and in health?
"Till death do us part"?
I'm afraid.
This chain of broken marriages
Seems to be hereditary;
But I am also fearless
Because now I know
Just what not to do.

it's one of those nights where no amounts of
raw cookie dough or
ed sheeran or
fuzzy blankets
can block you from entering my mind

there's a song that plays for her
over and over
but each time
something changes;
a note is forgotten or
the rhythm is off by a beat or
it drops off and never finishes
she won't lose hope,
because one day
her song will be completed

These words that span two hearts
       polarize each day's interlude
              

so close when elbows hug.