The Choice

This was one of my favorites to write. Enjoy!

Tethered by a silver cord

Of shared memories

Bound by the shackles

Of our golden embrace

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Finding each other and ourselves

As we stride by moonlight

To our apocryphal rendezvous

Under the canvas of a star light sky

*

The vines of our love spread

Growing over doubt, depression, and misery

Blooming happiness over a graveyard of dreams

Weaving a web of intricate lace

A protective net on which to lie

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Love for you, an unchained melody

Dreams of you, a paradise

Your whisper a deafening encouragement

Emerald eyes and ruby lips an escape

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I loved you with all I was

*

But heavy hands and a greedy heart

Caused the inferno

That tore us apart

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Uncovering those old emotions

Allowing them to escape and propagate

Over the nutritive remains

Of our once flowering love

*

As our Camelot collapses around us,

Fearful am I,

I cannot lose you, my love

But a choice I must make

 

Author's Note

I am very interested in perfecting this poem. Please give me the most honest feedback. Thank you.