Once, long ago our journeys crossed paths.
     for awhile - life made sense.
The warmth of every day
     was ripe with desire and hope.
When you asked to make
     our life dance permanent
        the trepidations of the future
            faded.....
Until you chose her over me.
My world ~crumbled~
       the pain was debilitating
With you left -
     happiness
       security
          my life's song.
It felt like a lifetime of darkness.
But through some miracle of life
     or a cruel cosmic joke -
You came back,
      filled with all the promises of the past.
Dare I hope? plan? TRUST?
The bitterness of life which
         demanded an unimaginable price...
With one bullet
She snuffed out
   our love,
     our future
         your life.