Trapped in time

Each night she sits alone in the old armchair

There she would sit breathing in the stale air

Her house was dark and uninviting

The overwhelming silence cruel and biting

Void of love and any feelings

Faded wall papers and dusty ceilings

It wasn´t always that way

Her home was a palace once back in the day

Bright and warm alive and cheery

It wasn´t always this cold and dreary

Before she held dinner parties and entertained friends

She wore pretty dresses and followed the trends

That is where she met her beau

Just one sight of him set her face a glow

He was handsome and tall

She was petite and small

A fine couple they both made

They would dance and dance as the music played

Such happy times and extravagant days

He´d send her candy hearts and red rose bouquets

They were in love their fates entwined

To everything else they hearts were blind

One day he got down on one knee

With ring in hand he asked “Please marry me”

They wed on a hot summer’s night

The frogs and crickets chirped with delight

With honeysuckle scent heavy in the air they said their vows

There beneath the weeping willows bows

Both so happy for a year and a little more

Then her beau went off to war

Each week or so she´d get a handwritten letter

It made her worry less made her feel better

A year later she heard he was coming home

But not to hold her but to be buried under a head stone

Since the day she laid him to rest

She´s been distant she´s not been at her best

Around her the grand house fell apart

Along with the remaining pieces of her heart

So now she sits nightly staring at the spirit of her beau

He vowed never to leave her and she won´t let him go

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