her small photo
glimmering in the fire light
kept him alive
all those years
thoughts of her as
the waves pounded the shore
night after night
in desperate loneliness
gave him hope
to carry on
to escape from the island
to be with her once more
somehow
reality changed all that
she had become bound up
in all the social conventions
a new husband a child a house
torn and tempted to return to
the love of her life
she found
the comfortable chains of obligation just too tight
they could not be broken
so she buried him
again
for a second time
PU Midweek Motif
Intense, and the music sets the mood. How often do we bury our hearts and our God(s)? I loved that movie.
ReplyDeleteOh this is soo touching.. soo evocative!❤️
ReplyDeleteA well laid insight. What a problem. What an ending.
ReplyDeleteI must confess I saw that movie 3 times (even though Tom Hanks is not my favorite male actor). Well that will get everyone weepy at his dilemma all over again!
ReplyDeleteA change in reality is sometimes so overpowering..."comfortable chain"...the contrast hits hard...
ReplyDeletePowerfully written. Struggles, conflicting emotions, choices with no winners. Immensely sad.
ReplyDeleteLove what you did with this. Certain changes can bring on a struggle of the heart. Yes, she did bury him twice. A poignant write here!!
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