eroded

whispers danced across dust particles traveling from room to room. carrying messages of betrayal on the wind. she said. he said. someone said something about someone. she believed it. he denied it. mistrust wounds the heart after years of unfettered loyalty. sacred vows before humanity. promises of honor, of truth, follow a righteous path never straying from death do us part. unless flights of the mind captured in a dream of promise represent betrayal of the symbolic bed. lips never touched. limbs never intertwined. intimacy never crossed the boundaries of the physical world. intellectually though he chased her through clouds of reason. debating god and the existence of evil. sharing scars stimulating thought. always remaining true though to the one who bore his child. not good enough he discovered to late. his heart, his truth could not stand long against the onslaught of her bitter tide. eroded feelings weakened by lies expressed in the bosom of long forgotten love bring him to his knees. pleading for a moment’s peace before the spirit of an uncaring soul.