THE PROMIS
BY FIONA CUMMINGS
The promised vail
The wedding ring
The honeymoon ship we would sail
The church bells would ring
And choirs would sing
White horses would trot
We picked the best spot
Our photographs
Our echoed laughs
Butterflies in our stomach
We were so in love I thought
Gifts people bought
Good will they sent
Words they wrote they meant
We were stuck together with cement
My watch must have lied
The tears that I cried
Past the hour
One single flower
In my lapel
Reminded me of that day of hell
You didn’t come to the alter
Your treatment of me I didn’t falter
People warned me of you
But I loved you
My friends and family forgave you
As they had you wrong
But as the time went on
I gave up the fight
And they were right
The wedding waltz into the night
Shaded moon
Peered through the window
The long wedding table, all was left was a silver spoon
I couldn’t go to our room
I sat all night on my own
Looking at my phone
No message
How could you be so detached
Did I want revenge?
No, just you in my arms
I heard on the grapevine
You didn’t want to be mine
I wish you no harm
I will get over you
So they say
Tomorrow is another day
Tell it to my heart
I thought a new start
But no wasn’t meant to be
My world just was full of you and me
As silver stars join the moon
And distant cars, travel on their way
Whispering winds, I try to hear what they say
The hotel has gone to sleep now
As grief shows on my brow
Head in my hands
I just don’t understand
I’m not a stupid man
But I can’t work this out
I can’t shout
I have no words left in me
Is this a nightmare?
A mistake?
Will I wake up
And this all goes away?
I pray this pain you will take
Lock it away and throw the key in the bin
As I so hurt deep within
Looking at my watch in the shadow of the night
It stopped at mid-day
That can’t be right?
For that was the time you were to be mine
Our hands were to entwine
How can this be?
You belonged to me
Fiona Cummings ©
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