Confetti Kisses

catpcha says - ex curse

Sweet jasmine, how love let me down,

confetti kisses in my hair.

A trail of sorrow, web of lies,

a hopeless castle in the air.

Beneath your bending branches I

walk carefree on a breezy day

recalling how I wed too young

and in the merry month of May.

But merry didn't persevere,

as melting moments faded fast.

My heart, my hopes, my dreams for us,

a silent graveyard in the past.

And all that loving went to waste,

with promises that were not kept.

The wretched heartache, sleepless nights,

a lake from all the tears I wept.

From time to time our paths still cross,

though years have eased that bitter pain.

I see him through a stranger's eyes

yet treachery has left its stain.

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

Sometimes when you get married young as people grow and change a rift between two people happens instead of growing together over time.

This poem conveys the emotional toll it takes on a person when the hopes and dreams are shattered with the loss of not only love but a partner and lover.

[Chris Shaw]

My parents married very young and had a hugely successful marriage. Sadly if you marry someone who turns out to be selfish, it doesn't matter what age you are. Yes, the toll can be huge, especially when it comes to trust issues. Many thanks PB for checking this old poem out. You are appreciated.

Chris

[Poetic Beauty]

You are welcome. When one person is selfish it never ends well.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

Love does let us down more times than we could have believed possible.
A bittersweet write which almost all of us (here) can relate to. (Someone once told me heartbreak is what makes one a poet, so there might be some truth in that...)
The captcha has a strange way of accurately guessing the theme of the poems ;) sometimes even in funnier way.
Nice write you have here, Christine.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Dr Y, and that captcha, couldn't have been more apt :))

[wordman]

damn if you do and damn if you dont,,not in love any more but when you see him you still feel something

[Chris Shaw]

He can certainly stir some emotions, mainly negative :)) Thank you for reading and responding

Chris

[wordman]

you are welcome

[Lorry]

Superb write Chris, on a very unfortunate and not unusual theme, wondering just how potent love is that it can blind us to not seeing the flaws until they are screaming in our faces, with klaxons and alarms going off behind our eyes, as we finally meet the stranger we thought we knew so well.
When those paths cross again, we are never prepared for just how much a stranger they are to us.

[Chris Shaw]

How right you are Lorry. When my eyes were at their best, I was blind. Thank you so much. I appreciate your lovely responses.

Chris

[Lyn Anderson]

Very strong poem. What we thought on the day doesn't always pan out - for some of us marriage becomes, well, something that other people do better. What I've learned is to take love where it meets me, and be happy with that

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Lyn. Reflections on a relationship, which did me no favours at all. I gave my all and got nothing in return. Lessons learned? You bet.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

God, i once believed love was forever...happy endings...I do's that lasted...

but now i just remember ----some positive, but overall---just doesn't work out like we hope...

reality hits us in the heart.

j.

[Chris Shaw]

I believed that once too Jacob. Fairy tale endings and all that. Sadly it just doesn't happen. Thank you for your thoughts.

Chris