The ocean's tides
beckoned me closer 
while the shiny shell
lured you away.

The revelation of 
your folly
cultivated my 
sadness.
Did you think she
shone brighter
than me?

How easily you 
denied me and
snatched away what 
you had 
promised me.

You alone 
own the failure
of what was us. You won 
the morbid prize.

I suppressed inner
carnage;
An internal struggle,
a fight for freedom 
from the misery of 
rejection 
and deception.

I craved the courage
to face you.

I declared war 
on the anguish but
have I the courage
to fight it?

“It will come…" they said

Battles raged between
my ideals and reality. 
The reality of 
rejection
won my war. 
Tears fell
for my loss.

Love; a fool’s paradise.
My Empire of 
disappointment,
repressed lust and 
smothered passion,
live together in
a foggy forest
of oblivion.

My Courage awaits release.

In the midst of my journey, 
Destination: Surrender, 
courage
dared to join my fight.

They told me you would come, 
now here you are, 
an ally in my 
struggle for peace.

Dare I hope to believe 
I could be free? 
I dare, 
I can see it in my eyes.

Courage is freedom.
My freedom from you
and the belief
I'd lost something good.

I'd won the war
before it was fought.
I'd lost nothing at all.

© 2016 trinket