Edifice

It hit me like a ton of bricks today.
The fact that no longer you
Are in my life.
For a moment I stood
Motionless
Turning the thought over and over
In between fingers of
‘How could I be so stupid?’
‘How could that bastard not even care?’
But I had to move
Had to finish my day
Dig myself out from underneath the rubble
To sift for broken shards once more
Of a heart all too familiar
With the sorrow of the aftermath.

It hit me.
And as depleted as I was
I knew I’d rebuild
For things of beauty have a way
Of finding their way back
In the end
The destruction
A mere chink in only one of the stones
That comprise the temple of my existence…

Never underestimate a solid foundation.
©2009clarencecbess