Lifetime Accessories

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Accessory to an act of love,
not a handbag or a ring,
just a thing
you bring
to this fabulous party

Not the life you expected,
coffee dates and pushing prams,
wrecked
rocking in a chair
filled with despair
unable to shake

Resentment weaves
through sheaves
of your parchment heart
torn apart
by the lives you created
and lost