It was oh so many lifetimes ago,

yet, the heartaches live on endlessly.

Your true nature was beginning to show.

The true nature of you that you hid from me.

Our union, at first, served a serious purpose.

It gave me freedom from a life of abuse.

It gave you free labor to ease your load.

But, I was oblivious of the clues,

and, you started down the spiraling road.

Then you brought a young man into our fold.

It became a triangle of heartache and sorrow.

Filled my heart with suffering and whoa.

Our union also brought offspring.

Beautiful angels pulled on my heart-strings.

A true union of family no longer on the horizon.

Darkness loomed, I no longer saw the beautiful sun.

My head could no longer grasp the scene.

There was now someone standing in between.

I became dreadfully tired of keeping my place.

Of carrying the burden with a smile on my face.

I begged you to set this third-person free.

I asked you to come back and to sever it clean.

Yet, in the end, your decision was him and not me.

So I picked up my angels and walked out the door.

And in the end, I bowed out as your chin hit the floor.

You had no understanding, you wanted it all.

Your free labor, your cover of the lifestyle you chose.

Nonetheless, I was wary of the unharmonious blows.

And so I walked on, head high, and began my new life.

And left you to wonder why you no longer had a wife.


© dawnykins59 09/29/2020