Chapter 604

Great Pretender

How does it make one feel
When they are a defender
If they are only viewed
As some type of an offender

Precious moments spent together
Love shared and delivered so tender
Is abruptly upended and avoided
Marked return to sender

The joy that once was
Is run through life's blender
Leaving one only to remember
What once was such splendor

To continue on living
It forced one to surrender
One was eager to be love's lender
The other became love's spender

To be alone with each other
There was no other contender
When that all suddenly changed
It left someone a great pretender

Nobody