Awakening of Ann

The years went by

Their youthful faces began disappearing

The zest for life began to fade

The monotony of life got to them

They slept farther apart in bed

They became strangers in the same house

The twinkle in her eyes had vanished

There were no more flowers…no more celebrations

The dinners grew quiet

It was so evident in their faces….that everything  was lost

That nothing could be repaired

The passion had died down into ashes

The house became empty

The lives they created became wrapped up in themselves

Their little ones had flown from their nest

Nothing was left but silence

However time had continued…

And a word was never spoken

They stayed together out of fear

Fear of being alone

Fear of breaking the hearts of their little ones

Death had dawned upon them one day

It came without warning

It came into the dark of the night

Their lives seemed to vanish in a blink of an eye

I witnessed all of it

I saw them dying in front of me

No one understood that she was a living corpse

She hated her life, she hated her husband, she hated her kids

Yet she fulfilled her role in society

He always wanted more in life

Yet she always seemed to hold him back

Drowning his dreams into her fears

She killed his aspirations

So he was never able to reach his destination

And that was their story

So I promised myself I would never commit to anyone for the rest of my life

Afraid I would become a part of the same story