Stranded

Every bitter word
I see in your eyes 
straining to escape
the fraught bonds 
of a failed relationship 

so far from

the sweet taste 
of trust crossing 
from your lips to mine 
when I put my heart 
in your hands

turns into

stinging silences
widening into a chasm
without a bridge
to bring us back 
together

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