Retracing The Path

Drifting slowly on the wings of love

Gliding into guiltless free exuberance

Strolling through avenues of tender delight

Canyons of the heart engulfed in joyous rapture

Coiffured borders lined the edges of our lives

Sparkling trim to our picketed world

Petals in the wind settled on our souls

Bonding together in the soil of deep serenity

Through the brightness we danced and we dallied

Our lives meandered intertwining in the shadows

Of the cloistered corridors of youthful wandering

Archways overhead formed shallow shelters

Merry jigs we weaved as we spun tales unwittingly

Reeling with the waltzes, tripping lightly on the edge

Pirouettes of confusion scattered rosebuds on the floor

And the petals on the breeze lay dead and ashen by the door

Betrayal bites deep

Burning to the molten core

Trust lies broken

Floundering in the shallows

Love frozen in limbo

Awaiting resurrection

Betrayal rots the souls

Decaying the roots of love

Faith abused unceremoniously

Left at the way-station of hope

Lying silent in the wings

Seeking only redemption

Dance once again but nervously

Steps softly taken, words eerily whispered

But the echoes of the past

Remain undiminished

Screaming through the masques

Shading truths deniable to none

The pervasive stench of bitter pain

Fills the void 'twixt past and future

Standing at the median point

Balanced on precious scales of life's decision

You scream at the craven familiar

Will it always be this way

The torment,

The pain

The endless taunting of distrust

Will the suspicion ever fade?

© Fergus Martin

Nov 2013