and perhaps,
after all our love has
crashedburneddied,
we find we were little more than condoms:
always there when we were needed.
we protected
took their pain and regret for them
were stretched to breaking point;
used
and thrown away.
now we lie
desolate and alone,
in pissbloodtears
tangled up.
left irreversibly fucked-up,
unable to straighten out the knots we have been left.
tossed aside without second thoughts,
a mere receptacle for what
could
might
would have been.