She sits in semi-darkness in the corner of the room
the atmosphere is silent and so still,
shadows growing longer in the cold encroaching gloom
her love of life has died, she has no will.
It doesn’t seem so long ago that life was full of fun
retirement for them meant just one thing,
a long awaited cruise off to their island in the sun
where he had planned to give his wife a ring.
But Fate was on that voyage and had made another plan
their day upon the beach would never be,
his heart had caused him problems and she’s lost her perfect man
his empty shell was cast into the sea.
The cruise is just a memory as she returned alone
a little box sits open on the shelf,
a second chance at happiness, their love had truly grown
but now she’s sat in darkness by herself.
The man she gave her heart to is no longer by her side
the colours of her world a paler hue,
emotionally depleted from the tears that she has cried,
just a shadow of the woman that he knew.
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