Grovellers' Rations
Love and comfort cannot be partners
Complacency dissolves respect
Sneaky activity, entity disheartened
Three component splinter defect
They married within protective faith
Full of future decades' radiance
Charles' charms by ladies repaid
Ego combed by pretty audience
As fate will travel the cheater's tale
Soiling sheets too close to home
Mildred's loyal fresh heart impaled
By horror of rotten frolicking known
Vigourous mother of two preschool boys
Revelation staggered her function
Cut dangerously open by Charles' ploys
Cast remote was gusto's gumption
Damaged duo pursued longevity
Mildred continued with hesitance
She permitted fine faced snug family
Undeniably tainted by new tenuous
He declared undying love for Mildred
Doubled display of romantic regalia
But love as they'd felt, not rekindered
After influence of amorous strangers
Her energy failed in wake of treachery
Charles startled grateful state enthused him
Flourished material assistance eagerly
Upset trajectory, wife's affection refused him
She once was fluid flower pleasant
His thorn tore natural pairing apart
Mildred's wooden stem, failed reverence
Commitment couldn't penetrate her heart
Charles' grovelling replaced love resuming
Altitude diminished despite effort
Shared habitat couldn't restore their union
Registered sin slices status, trust bereft
10th July 2020
Written for Competition: Flower or Thorn
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke
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