Wow Dawn, you really summed up the demise of this once-loving relationship so well in so few lines. A complete, and sad, portrait. ~Hugs, Elizabeth

Very nice! Enjoyed the read.

full circle in such a short powerful write. Love it. Liz

Nice!!!!!!! Liana Margiva

Is that why I've been married so long
could be
Thanks for sharing
Love & peace be with you

Wiliiam

Touching thoughts, and all too true too often in the realm of humans. Love misunderstood, misplaced, forgotten, eroded ... so much potential lost.
Blessings ...
Richard

Dawn, that is what we were fed growing up. You meet, fall in love, get married have a family and a pet, and live happily ever after. Well they never really told us just how to live happily ever after, they just told us to do that...So what is a fairy tale? a fable of life's misguided uninstructed expectation of something that really can never happen unless you are taught just how to do that.

As you can see, I have been there and done that and now I have coffee each morning on my deck alone, and feel pretty good about that.
Time will heal all things.
I wish you peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"

An intense, beautiful write! Having experienced the emotions of this write, I can say that this was how it truly went down. SC

what a very poignant write! well done

Oh my! You have said a lot in a few words. I think this happens to a lot of people. Well-done, Dawn!

Sandie May :o)

wow,, This is amazing, a masterpiece really.. as relationships are work to make them work...as so many crumble...for whatever the reasons,,, gives much to ponder... Great job Dawn!
Christine

Nice work Dawn....even within fairy tales there are those realities of which we live, to be as the storyline and then to become it's entirety as the ending of a love lost within the enchantment of it's beauty...

nice work...

Art Sun....

How much you've said so simply and directly and so meaningfully!
John

Dawn, you have a whole novel consensed into this one.
Larry

Dawn, Dawn, Dawn! What a great talent. I love the structure
of this unrealized fairy tale. One more line could have been
too many. -gene.

Hi Dawn...Whenever I go out I watch people, especially couples at dinner. I've often wondered what brings people who are together to that place of silence in their relationship. I do know this...if life doesn't remain exciting between two people the petals drop from the bloom and love fades into a vacuum.

I love the way you write.

Ron

Dawn - liked the way you created the ironic circle 0f the "fairy tale." - David

sad...but how very often true...
Cryssa

Wow, Dawn, this is powerful - you tell a tale in few words: perfect.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Your poems have a way of coming full circle, though rounding we ultimately find the end not quite as we might expect from the beginning - and such is the way of life, and you certainly have your finger on the pulse of the human condition.

How true this is. Such and insite. Demise of a Fairy Tale shows to keep communication open. Job well done my friend, well done. Love, Bonnie