Stage without applause

Photo by Merrilee Schultz, Unsplash

The first conversations are funny,

Sweet and engaging words

They create a narrative,

Impossible not to fall.

Builds the Imaginary Kingdom,

With a House of Cards,

That with the first wind,

Shows the fragility

From the base.

He promised not to hurt,

But the dropper,

A curse has been established.

The look turned cold.

Contempt, routine.

Even her tears and apologies,

For mistakes that were not made,

They were no longer enough.

She called it love,

What was control.

The Castle, once so alive,

It becomes empty.

So there is no forgiveness,

Because loving also means

Adapting to a “no”.

Without respect,

There is no relationship.

And from the beginning,

This had not been done.

She, blinded by love, let the slips

They went unnoticed.

But tears leave traces.

And the calm of a soul

You can give space to anger.

Before it fell apart completely,

The lights came on.

She got up from her chair,

And looked one last time at that stage,

Where once was the protagonist,

And she left without applause.

• Author: Eduarda L. de Oliveira