The Last Titan

To Tony Russell

Making my own hell, 
awaking in the daylight 
from an eerie echo of night,
stirring nightmarish worries 
into a healthy porridge, 
involuntarily vomiting 
a debauched lifestyle, 
swearing to drink only water. 

But Happy-Ever-After life 
is about to end. 
A love affair with the erratic life, 
beautiful young bride,
home-sweet-home, 
seeds handed and sown, 
kids fledged and flown, 
the last breath,
the last seep of life 
like the last rite. 
The unfinished book 
like a heirloom passed on 
to a new Happy-Ever-After life.

(C) Helen Kanevsky, 2021