Jess Norris

 

They were on a path toward forever,

when they took a wrong turn instead.

In a time full of nevers

upon a road that they couldn’t see ahead.

Leaning on each other

waiting for the hard times to pass;

the lives of the lovers,

fragile as broken glass.

Her heart contained scars

that he couldn’t heal.

He wandered his own mind,

shutting her out tight as steel.

There was no way to know

how their story would end.

They went from talking every day,

to never speaking again.

That’s the risk to uncover,

the thrill and the dangers;

to either end up as lovers,

or end up as strangers.