In Retrospect

by Janet Foor

We once were lost in ecstasy
and thought we were all knowing.
We made sweet vows sealed with a kiss –
our innocence was showing.

In retrospect I do believe
we should have seen this coming.
The picture-perfect couple who
were starry eyed and cooing.

Then years and circumstances changed
as life became distressing.
We moved into our separate worlds
and time was unrelenting.

Without a common ground to hone --
while neither one was looking,
we let go of the love we’d known --
ambivalence kept growing.

One morning when we met to halt
this life that was unbending,
there was a tiny glimpse of us --
and all that we were ending.

Still on that day, we went away
our house of cards imploding.
Two hearts unyielding to the end --
plain apathy was showing.

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I'm taking a 12-week-class where we are to write our memoirs in 12 segments representing 12 chronological parts of our lives. Â
Recalling this specific time has been particularly difficult.
Sometime a marriage ends - not with angry shouts, but with a weary whimper.

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We should have seen this coming

In Retrospect

by Janet Foor

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