He never stopped to take notice
that his anger had given way
to a deep sadness, one
he felt had him trapped, searching
through the pain for an exit
from a place he never imagined
he would leave willingly.
He had promised her a lifetime,
a statement he took as a truth
not considering that her promise,
whatever it had been, had become
violable, the pain of that knowledge
tore his carefully imagined world apart.
He knew his sadness was an act
of grieving for what he had, what
she could no longer give him, but
this was something new, he was
going to a place he had never been
and he vowed to see the journey through
no matter where it happened to take him.