Allies in the Aftermath
We crawled in the darkness,
We were stripped of light
We emerged from the battleground
There was no one left to fight
We wore angry scars,
Of intimacy turned to bitterness, and lovers’ wars
Our hearts were ripped ragged
Slashed by betrayal’s knives, jagged
Our feelings were battered and bruised
Every inch of us felt used and abused
We lay crippled by the decay of trust,
We breathed; we had survived the end of love, but only just
The world still turned, but it felt like it shouldn’t
It insisted we go on living, but we felt like we couldn’t
Though tomorrow seemed impossible, it would still come around
We awaited it inert, while our yesterdays still bore us down
Then we saw each other, there were two of us
Both victims of once-forever love now turned to dust
We helped each other up, on unsteady legs
Licked our wounds, gathered up the dregs
What we once had was now gone for good
Our worlds had come crashing down, on its pieces we stood
But if it was the same beast that left us torn, seemingly beyond repair
Perhaps we could heal each other, or at least try, should we dare
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