From Tenderness to Bitterness

In the beginning, love was a gentle flame

Bright eyes and soft words, a sweet, tender name.

I cherished each moment, each smile, every sigh

With hope in my heart and stars in my eye.

We danced through the twilight, our souls intertwined

But shadows grew longer, and light became blind.

Your words, once so kind, now cut through like knives

Leaving scars on my spirit, erasing our lives.

I cared with a fervor, a passion so deep

But bitterness grew as I struggled to sleep.

For love turned to ashes, and kindness to scorn

The warmth of your touch left me hollow and worn.

Now anger has blossomed where love used to bloom

A garden of hatred in a cold, empty room.

The pain that you caused me, I can no longer bear

For caring so much led to despair.

In this tangled web of affection and hate,

I’m left with the fragments of a once-hopeful fate.

The love that I nurtured has faded to gray

And I’m left with the ruins of a heart led astray.