From Confusion To Fusion’s Conclusion Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

When a couple, once spliced, starts to split,
what becomes of bright eyes starry lit,
of the promises made
wedding white knight, fair maid?
Why host torments, roast turning on spit?

For it's seldom of common accord
that relationships once by the board
fall like flies in Iraq
with a vengeance lie stark,
leaving victims hog tied with tight cord.

“You’ll be happier far than before”
says the hypocrite running for door,
but the one once adored
feels the turn of sharp sword,
as regrets close all bets, shaken core.

When one, after years of neglect,
tear flow flashback track lack of respect,
pronounces departure
to far greener pasture,
the forsaken awakens abject.

To whom ultimatum would try
role reversal respond then the lie –
either present or past, -
will thus surface at last:
retaining clear conscience break tie!

Provocation as means to a break up
is vocation the guilty oft take up,
but the hurt which occurs
from the cur’s bite incurs
much frustration, too much for true make up.

Should blackmail replace hearts that flirted
underlining half-truths often skirted,
with contempt treat vile threat,
heartache’s hard to forget:
once bitten, twice shy, stay alerted !

Though joy’s memories seem to ring clear,
they, reviewed with true hindsight appear
as betrayal or worse
masquerade, bitter curse,
of lost time spent in bond insincere.

Yet perhaps it is better to learn
sooner rather than later – who churn
on the inside for years,
hiding heartbreak and tears,
self-respect question, challenge, self spurn.

Short shrift for poor children dismayed
by stability, love, lost, waylayed,
with loyalties split,
no survival kit writ
can compensate feelings betrayed.

Is it better to dwell as a hermit,
procreation by passionless permit,
with a surrogate sire,
sperming stipend for hire?
which avoids an emotional thermit.

In order to banish exclusion
don’t bank all fond hopes on illusion
start from mutual hope,
then progress to shared scope,
from confusion to fusion’s conclusion.

One's advice: to think twice, double check,
blind find confidence double-bind wreck
but the spouse who survives
lousy double deal thrives
through receiviving on two lips new peck!