Image: “Decompose” by zaldy icaonapo
At first you were beautiful
No words to describe how I felt
Your beauty shone through.
All the right words were spoken
Promises made, vows exchanged.
But it turned to an illusion
Your beauty faded
Your light extinguished
By constant disagreement
Love lost
Trust eroded
Vanished hope.
I watched you moving further away
Until you were untouchable
Anger, aggression and angst
Where once there was
Love, commitment and desire.
I saw you today in the street
A woman bent over, studying the pavement
Still ignorant of all around you
Grumbling to yourself
As you are the only one left
Who listens to you.
Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/photo-challenge-85/
Morpethroad 
Another bold and heartfelt piece you’ve penned Michael 😀
Thanks for sharing your thoughts to the photo prompt.
The flow of this piece – a natural reflection that starts as a rushing stream of love newly discovered and shared, then the settling into pace, the rapids that break the spaces, roiling and tumultuous, ending with the flow away.
Composed beauty eventually leading to decomposition – layers revealed in time.
You’ve captured a very moving experience – sad yet the undercurrents of determination to move beyond the pain and hurt – to have learned something of value – in understanding – despite the circumstances – fortitude; in all death there are the seeds of new beginnings.
Thank you Pat, to me the image evoked that idea of the layers we all have in our composition a little like masks. Thanks as always for your very generous comment.
I like the character sketch. That ending highlights the hopelessness in that person’s life. Sad.
Well-penned. 🙂
-HA
Hi HA, thanks for stopping by and reading and commenting on my post, much appreciated.
Incredible that in a few lines I feel that I know her.
Thank you so much, that’s the loveliest comment, I appreciate you stopping by.
Bitter people, as you so eloquently write, shut themselves off from the world, and in doing so, hurt themselves more in the long run.
You’ve captured the decomposing of a relationship and the exposing of truth of character behind our everyday papier-mâché masques.
Lovely observation, thanks for stopping by.