Poem About Failed Relationships: When It's Time To Say Goodbye And Move On

When things go sour, they seem to spiral

With a rapidity that leaves you stunned in denial

How could things have been so perfect today

Only to plunge into near total dismay

Life is short; we think we know

How bonds will last and continue to grow

Caught unaware by life’s little bubbles

We find ourselves in relationship troubles

Whether friend, family, or intimate lover

All too soon, we find, yes, it’s over

Most people don’t see it coming

As they rush through life humming

Hoping for better days, wishing for good

All along might we have looked if we could

Why do we go through life only to find

To an inevitable outcome we’ve been blind

We know deep down one’s faults and strengths

But we tend to ignore them even to great lengths

We see the pattern begin to unravel

But relationship rocks we fear to travel

Life is a path of many stones aligned

Each one bringing us to a point in time

Reaching a deadend it behooves us to ask

Can I find peace, am I up to the task

Forging new paths, leaving things behind

Is part of the process to reach peace of mind

Sometimes it hurts much more than we thought

But things considered, new hope is sought

Life’s journey is a sum of the whole

What you want by the end is your soul

Sometimes we pick well, sometimes so badly

Things that worked once can end up quite sadly

All you can figure from the whole ordeal

It was meant as part of the roulette wheel

When things go off course and you see it clearly

It doesn’t mean you did not love dearly

The means to an end, a learning chance

One more song in life’s long, long dance

How do compliments turn to assaults

Talents now being recounted as faults

It seems to have happened without a reason

But the saying is ‘to everything there’s a season’

Whatever the reason for hurtful displays

It becomes obvious you need to part ways

Life is a ride, no guarantees in sight

All we can do is what we think right

Making the most of today’s the clue

Even if it means having to say ‘adieu’

Why would you ask what is the matter

We need be done with all this chatter

Life is too short to sputter and fight

It matters not who’s wrong or right

Times change, things end, people are wiser

Sometimes moving on is the great equalizer

Good and bad I still value the time

When we were and even were not in rhyme

Nothing’s in vain I truly believe

Look back on things and do not grieve

We are always better for the run

Can’t change it anyhow once said and done

We can’t edit out the cold and the crappy

What matters most now is to be happy

When things fall apart, don’t look back

Face forward; find the right track

 

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