Broken

Life

Embarrassment jabbed me on the chin!

I heaved , puffed and sputtered!

Words eluded me.

I clawed my way out of the misty tunnel my mind had become.

Disgrace had a chock hold on my soul

It’s official…my heart is in shambles!

I attempt scrambling my soul out of this pit of endless emotional horror but I am frozen in time like the wax statues in Madame Tussaud’s Museum.

I have an audience of  sixty  eyes…watching ardently

I had become an actress in a tableau.

A tableau that featured my fiancé  and my best friend in a steamy kiss at our engagement party oblivious that they have been caught!

I stand deflated ,defeated and terribly broken.

What next?

Author's Note

Thank you for reading my work.
I embrace constructive criticism and helpful pointers.

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

What can you say about a situation like this one? The finance and the best friend seem to have no impulse control. At an engagement party, no less! There is no way I could advise anyone how to handle this one except to put it in the past as soon as you can.

[Titilayo Sarah Eguridu]

I agree with you John.
Relationship is first about mutual respect…if that is lost…cut your losses and move on.
I know it’s a though decision but I was there once in my life and I took the tough road.
Was it easy????
What??? Nope!!!
Twenty eight years after…
I’m still here…living my best life.
Thank you for the honest and empathetic review.
I truly feel honored every time you stop by.
Thank you John.

[emmajoygreen]

Those words are finely laid but an estuary of pain, stretching deep into a future you neither deserve or need. Next is survival and recovery, dear lady. Take great care of you.

(May I ask are you Titilayo, Sarah or.. how do you prefer to be addressed?)

[Titilayo Sarah Eguridu]

Dear Emmajoy,
You can address me as Sarah if that’s easier.
Yep, the first step is survival…then recovery.
Thank you for the kind review
Happy holidays!

[emmajoygreen]

Many thanks for your kind wishes, Sarah.However you celebrate, 'hope it will bring you happy and contented smiles. :)

[Titilayo Sarah Eguridu]

Thank you Emmajoy!
I am smiling already

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

I had to look up Madame Tussaud's museum, that was interesting and put into the poem aptly. I was hooked by the poem from the beginning to the end, the way you described getting hit on the chin. tyfs

[Titilayo Sarah Eguridu]

Hey Cyprian,
It great to have you back.
Thank you for the kind review.
I wish a happy holiday season.