Day: April 25, 2026

How can love,
euphoric at first,

gradually lose its
allure?

Why does that
elated feeling

eventually wear
off

when love gets
old?

Bob Boyd

His wife left this world
at age 50:

breast cancer.

He believes her
spirit lives on

because sometimes
she’s in his dreams.

She never speaks
to him

in those occasional
dreamworld visits,

but she always looks
serene and happy,

and he’s sure she’s
in heaven.

Bob Boyd

They’re nice at first,
charming, delightful,
disarming.

Chameleons with
dark sides hidden.

After you’re in their
control,

the monsters they
really are

mentally and
physically abuse
you.

If you’re smart,
you leave the first

time they hit
you.

Otherwise, if you
stay with them

the day may come
when they kill you.

Bob Boyd