Abandoned
ABANDONED
Yesterday, roaming deep in the countryside,
I came upon a house.
Deserted, derelict, long forgotten
The garden, neglected,
Left to nature’s own devices.
I wandered through the waist-high grass
And there, tucked away in a corner,
A greenhouse.
Or the remains of one.
A few lonely panes of glass,
Clinging resolutely to the rotting timber.
Pots that once nurtured new life,
Ditched among the brambles and the ivy.
And suddenly I felt a wave of melancholy.
For this was me, all those years ago
In another lifetime.
Life after you and me.
I thought our love would blossom in the sun.
Would grow, one shoot today,
Another tomorrow …
And tomorrow …. and tomorrow.
But one day the glass began to shatter;
A pane here, a pane there.
The structure began to disintegrate;
The very foundation collapsed.
And our love was discarded
Amongst the brambles and the ivy
15th June 2020
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