Fragmented Lives

Something has fragmented. Can it be saved? Should it be?

Time has eroded
What was once whole
Now is fractured.

The glue that held
What we had together
Has dissolved and gone.

Am I deficient
Unworthy of love
Incapable of being more?

Or has mid-life
Ripped into his soul
And dragged him away.

Have we grown apart?
Let our interests intervene
And split us....

Can we find
A way back
Into love?

Or is it lost
gone forever
Vapour in the breeze.

Only time will tell
My soul aches
For what we had.

But if I must
I will move on
And gain strength

Strength in knowing
I have survived
Come out on top.

30 lines.

Prompt for: Jan 11, 2016 (fyn) ▶︎

Subject or Theme: Broken: someone or something being broken.

Word(s) to Include: glue, erode, deficient (or any derivatives of these words)
Forbidden Word(s): broken, leg, arm, wrist, toy, doll, heart (or any derivatives, compound or hyphenations of these words)
Additional Parameters: At least 24 lines- 8 three line stanzas. NO more than 4 words per line, non-rhyming. Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.