One Place Away

Anti-Romantic Prose

 

One Place Away

by Rainbowco

 

What words would you wield

To hold me here firm, cemented,

Strapped to the grinding wheel

Crushing spirit into fine grain.

From the start, you would tame me,

As a stallion ridden into the ground,

Taking no heed of my warnings

That I would always be

One place away

From the place

I was meant to be.

 

With such words as love, honor

You tighten the screw endlessly.

You were forewarned from start

With truth that it be my lust only.

No forever promise did I speak

No thief of your heart words

Slyly uttered only that

That I would always be

One place away

From the place

I was meant to be.

 

Now we drink the bitter draught

Brewed dark and deathly strong.

Bound together for all eternity

Hapless creations of our making,

Harping of loveless circumstances

Created through human lust and deceit.

Choking on the very thought

That we will always be

One place away

From the place

We are meant to be.

Author's Note

Review as you will. Thank You

Reviews

[Adrian K. Smith]

It is more a piece of realism than anti-romanticism. It tells well the tale of a relationship that should not have lasted but did, leaving two people where they were not quite meant to be - through decisions both made and not quite...