Delayed News of A Relationship's Passing

Sometimes the universe does us a favor through the careless and inadvertent admissions of those we engage with. And sometimes relationships die long before they flower. Buds unopened on a vine..that look promising but which really already dies within and only waited for spring to show they would never open. Today someone was deliberately cruel in a careless way. And in that careless cruelty I was given the clear vision that not only we would never be..but that we had been dead for some time...it was just unannounced. Here are 4 thoughts on the passing.

I

You gave me news today
of our death
And let me see
That it happened long ago
And only took you
This long to announce the passing.

II

I woke this morning
crying out for your arms
around me
Longing for 'us'
promise whispered through light
longing leveraged into play
so far away
when you dropped
Oh so carelessly deliberately
The passing of our dream
was celebrated over months
and only today
Delivered with
studied cruelty passing
for a by the way.

III

I am grateful
To my angels
To the divine
Whose wisdom
opened my eyes
To the maha
That was you

I am endebted
To your angels
Who this time
Prodded you
to drop
your fatal news
Of our demise.

IV

At least our relationship
Will no longer haunt me
The ghost of our promise
The waiting for 'US"
The walking undead
Now clear
In the cold cruelty
Of your indifference
Finally shared.
Long after the wake
You held without me.