Icarus

    Two Weeks

    2005

    Two weeks is all it takes
    To go from ignorant bliss to knowing pain
    From held together to fallen apart
    From married to separated

    Two weeks is all it takes
    To go from fragile trust to shattered faith
    From deep honour to lost respect
    From lovers to estranged

    Two weeks is all it takes
    To go from warm embrace to cold rejection
    From being in love to being a fool
    From touched to deprived

    Two weeks is all it takes
    To go from nostalgic past to feared future
    From steady state to churning change
    From one path to two

    Two weeks is all it takes
    To go from shining hope to shadowed despair
    From cruel endings to aching beginnings
    From together to alone

    Two weeks is all it takes
    To go from mountain top to rock bottom
    From clear vision to everything blurred
    From us to you and I

    Two weeks is all it takes
    To go from lifelong partner to uncertain friend
    From always there to fading presence
    From here to gone

    — Wayne Visser