week 6: poem for feedback

Instead of Kisses on Valentine's Day

Promises like sandcastles washed away by rushing waves.

             

           Words like heavy raindrops pelting the sodden ground  turned to mud.

                         

                   Love like stardust not lingering long then blown away with  a sigh.

                                    

                             Careless kisses shatter, laying lifeless at my feet.

                                                

                                       Smiles soft and gentle turned to dark scowls reverberating in    

                                                                          hollow shadows where love once was.

                                              

                                                          Apologies never uttered, never offered, lie mute on your 
                                                                                                                             lips instead of 
                                                                                                                                         kisses.