Ham and Heartache

* this poem is my first try at a love story. Feel free to kind of interpret it in different ways but ultimately it is truly about finding love and knowing that your past should not control your future! Thank you so much, Hope you enjoy!

Ham and heartache that's what this is 
Words of a man experiencing anything but bliss
a Christmas breakup that tore him to pieces
the haunting presence of inquiry from his nephew and nieces

this man so lonely and so full of heartache
how much more of this life could he take
but the query was wrong on who would be doing the taking
fired, no job, now he was depressed there was no mistaking

feet over the edge but not the normal polar bear plunge
that's when she stopped him with a grab and a lunge 
As he groaned from the ground and slowly rose 
with words of callous on his lips when he turned and suddenly froze

a messy bun thrown up with little curly strands escaping
with a set jawline with incredible shaping
here stood this determined female
He remembered himself and began to pale 

He had almost dropped into oblivion
but now he was caught his plan was done

his soul was weeping 
and his body not sleeping

then she did the unexpected, surprised him by miles
she looked at the man and began to smile
not a smile corrupted by evil or sin
but one that encourages healing to begin

but that smile was just the beginning 
she encouraged that man to just keep on winning
and now as she looks at his tombstone brand new
she is grateful for the thing she stopped that her husband wanted to do

she is grateful he lived beyond thirty-four
as she reminisces about their life knowing he enjoyed life so much more
This story I wrote just goes to show
the future is bright what it holds you never know