For Better Or Worse?

They both stood as if divided
And yet remained joined
In matrimony

The wedding rings tighter now.
The white dress paler
Memories and former passions
Simply relics of the past,
Left to smoulder in the dying embers

Touching her had
He felt cold
Her emotions re-iterated in everything she did.
Her eyes wandered listlessly around the room,
Whilst he stood gazing –
At nothing

Once they had lived,
Now the early stages of decay had set in.
Once they had loved,
Now that was over, hate had set in.

Do they know these separated people,
What bitterness can do?
Do they know what anger and
Spite and hatred can turn into?

No- for if they did,
Then this bed would not be empty
Nor this room so cold.
For love would light the fire
And warm the coldest of rooms.