Posted:Mon Nov 9, 2009 8:57 AM CST
Infedelity and the Last Dance......
A car seat readjusted..... Text messages suddenly unreturned......A Cell phone turned off when it never was before...... The mention of persons unknown, referred to as "they"..... all hints that something is wrong in your relationship..... All that remains is discovery....
The methods one chooses in finding the truth about their spouce or significant other are numerous, yet it is only the invitation to the last dance.... While the anxiety, and gut wrenching reality go unchecked in a persons mind, guilt raining down in an attempt to acertain what went wrong.... Constant memories crowding over, of times spent together, bring a flood of tears, and a solemnity to which no words can adequately describe......
It is after the truth has been exposed that the last dance begins.... a revitalization of emotions in an attempt to recapture a portion of life that has already slipped silently away..... A heartfelt and embracing communication, perhaps dinner, or even a night out in an attempt to rediscover that which was dearly cherished, and dearly lost...... and later in the evening perhaps the hopes of rekindling desire in the face of humility to heal the mortal wounds of a depth masked by loyalty, compassion and resolve....... All in vain......
Once the trust is breached there is no going back..... small tributaries of our consciousness will not permit it..... While forgiveness and compassion offer concilation to wounded souls, it cannot undo what has been done..... Walk away with dignity.....any subsequent action will not offer refuge, but only deepen the anguish.......