When the house of cards comes crashing down

I thought

my approach was measured

I thought

I ticked all the boxes

and imagined even a few more

I thought

that I left no stone unturned

that all variables were

accounted for

but

alas

I understood everything else

but I did not check

the Trojan horse

in

my 

own

heart.

Reviews

[FateDictates]

love the new mature strong words your work delivers. impressive stuff you,ve been writing. well done - respect

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thank you very much. Good to see you here again.

[DIVYA]

We always count on ourselves. Here lies the power of this poem. I loved it.

[sette]

i remember the epic iliad i was not fascinated with helen of troy i was more fascinated by the trojan horse it was a strategy i call it the last card and what if the last card had fell, will sparta rule over Greece? that is the situation with love, we have our cards full when we enter a relationship it all depends on a strategy to win or to lose.

[Ardra]

A face that launched thousand ships... I have always loved that story... not because of the war... Mmm life is like that...isn't it...we keep planning...n life happens the way it wants..

[SleeplessVolcano]

well, I prefer to not be fatalistic......yes, life is hard, but it becomes harder when we are passive......

[Ardra]

Mmm...I know...you don't belive in fate..

[SleeplessVolcano]

Oh, I do believe that all the days of my life has been mapped out, but I don't call that fate.....it is merely unknown to me right now...:)

[Ardra]

Threading pathways of unknown horizons... :)

[SleeplessVolcano]

mysterious pathways of known horizons :)

[¿]

The name trojan horse..... love the way you used it! When all you think is well just then a fault shows up.