Husband

Pale shadows, illusions of love

Shattered by morning’s light

Mere memories of softness

Disappeared with the night

Sunlight loves to burn it down

Silver on the pillow falls

She can’t stand to face the day

Rolls back over, looks at walls

Too strong to cry, to proud to beg

Too hurt ever to go back

That ice so thick, painfully deep

Fades the heart to bitter black

He never knew

The foolish man

Never knew the hurt he caused

And rabbit ran

He never knew

          …Two foolish men