I did not realize
\nWhen first I saw the eyeglass case
\nLying there, between rows G and H
\nThat these were to be the last moments
\nWhere trust was understood<\/p>\n
If the woman had but turned
\nWhen I had asked about the case, perhaps then
\nThe crisis would have been diverted,
\nThe car swerved away, the falling boulder missed
\nAnd we never would have known<\/p>\n
For if I had but known
\nI would have savored those few seconds
\nInhaled their essence, remembered each one
\nBut why should I have thought that everything
\nWould in a moment change?<\/p>\n
Trust is a delicate thing
\nIts beauty held aloft on angel’s wings
\nBut trust can be broken by even a word
\nAnd once broken, it merely lies there, and defies you
\nTo put back the pieces<\/p>\n
These lines are ragged, yes I know
\nNot the usual thing, something else
\nSomething you might have written, in that other time
\nThat time long ago time, not that long ago, or shall we say
\nOnce upon a time<\/p>\n
For had the woman turned
\nWhen I asked about the case, perhaps then
\nThe crisis would have been averted,
\nThe car swerved away, the falling boulder missed
\nAnd we never would have known<\/p>\n
How close we had come
\nTo disaster unforetold, to trust destroyed
\nIts broken wings fluttering feebly, but alas
\nThe car did not swerve away, the boulder hit its mark
\nAnd we are undone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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