Final Partings of the Heart

Final Partings of the Heart It saddened her to watch him part, So very hard to watch him leave. It broke her heart And in her grief She simply bleed herself to death;   He walked away without a word Without realizing the full consequence Of his actions, so mean and so absurd He just turned his back away And left her there in the cold, November rain;   He did not see her aching soul He did not see the bitter tears she cried He just stabbed her with words, cold and cruel Which cut her deep inside And caused some heavy internal bleeding;   He could not see the endless hours she kept vigil Nursing him back to health When he was feverish and ill;   He could not see her crooked, arthritic hands Which worked endlessly day and nights forever To make ends meet To procure a better life for this ungrateful boy Than the life she ever had He could not see the love she bore the lad!   Yet in his senseless, revolting rage He decided to turn his back and walk away Without ever looking back again   The years quickly came and went And in his grudge he kept his distance Oh, resentment is such a corrupting worm That eats away your joy and happiness And leaves you hollow, resentful, bitter And your very self in two does rent. And time's a thief Which steals your youth And rots your very soul to the core   In time he lost his boyish charm As his friends all left him all alone Then he turned to see his waning youth And in his memories he remembered her Then he took the phone And dialed her number Just to hear her warm voice once again But it was rather much too late... To reverse the harm... He played too cruel With the hand of fate Out of his life she was gone forever! Without a kind unspoken word! Mary Gonzalez © Copyright, 1998This poem is about the partings of a mother and her son who married a woman against her wishes. The son never bothered to care for his mother and in the end he lost them both! Written November 7th, 2001 © on Nov 07 2001 09:21 AM PST, Mary Aris   0 • 1