Broken Hearted Fools
And what of these, these broken-hearted fools,
who lust within the silence of disdain
play in a lover’s game that has no rules
no potion to relieve them of their pain.
Skewered by the sword of passion’s lie
lashed by lingering memory of lust
condemned to live each moment with a sigh
while harboring the seed of love’s distrust.
They persevere and muddle through the maze
of who it was that let it go so wrong
realize that it may have been a faze
a lingering phrase from an old hit song.
They fail to win love’s true treasured jewels
and what of these, these broken-hearted fools.
©5/11/2022
Orphan Sonnet Poetry contest
Sponsor – Emile Pinet
Checked by Howmanysyllables and rhymezone
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