Poem: How Long Will This Last?

You’re living your life

Without me in it

And yet we’re tied

By that piece of paper

Don’t know if you’re alone

Or if someone else is there

And it kills me, not knowing

My future, my fate

How long will this last?

This cruel separation

There’s only so long

I can go on this way

You need to make a choice

Am I in or am I out?

And if I am out

Then sign on the line

But if per chance

You do want me in it

Then please resume contact

And return back to me

I want you here with me

Now and forever

Just as I did back then

When we bonded for life

Written October 5, 2025

© 2025 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.