Forgiveness and AdulteryA Poem by AJ Bell
When the sun goes down and everything gets quiet
The slideshow begins to play A flashbulb memory of you dancing wildly around the piles of decay Forever tormenting me and feeding on any bit of happiness that dares to shine through Shining a light on you kissing her, and me kissing you… I feel so disgusting… I feel so used… I feel so worthless… It feels as though all of the love I ever gave you was abused… The light burns my eyes I’ve been in the dark so long It hurts even more now that I know this has been going on all along Did I ever mean anything to you? Did you ever really care? Or was I just there to fill the space? I ask these questions, but the answers I can’t bare… So many nights spent alone, pining for your love Looking for just a small shimmer of hope… Or just one kind word from you to think of… I don’t have the heart to tell you everything… What I did while you were gone Sitting in the dark alone… Praying not to make it to dawn I keep these thoughts to myself… It would only break your heart After all this is our chance to make it better This is our fresh start Still, it eats at me everyday… Every hour, and every second I have to wonder if what you say is true I have to wonder if you really meant it Are you really ready to come home? Or was I what you settle for? Did you come back because you wanted to? Or did you come back because she wasn’t an option anymore? How will you deal with temptation? Will you do it again? Can we put this all behind us? Can our hearts ever mend? Will you make it to the top? Or is the mountain of guilt too high to climb? Should I try to move forward with you? Or am I just biding time? I’m just waiting for the hurricane to swoop in… For it to take everything I ever cared for Leaving me alone again… I can’t watch you walk out that door anymore… You are always leaving… Leaving me behind Your words forever haunt me They never leave my mind… Why would you do this to me? Why didn’t you offer me mercy before now? I hate what happened to us… I want to move forward, but I don’t know how… I don’t know how to live with everything you have done Every broken promise ever made Every lie you have ever spun How do you come back from that? How do you crawl out from the debris? How do you forgive these trespasses? How do you forgive adultery? © 2016 AJ BellReviews
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1 Review Added on April 13, 2016 Last Updated on April 13, 2016 Tags: poems, poetry, lesbian poetry, lesbian poets, lesbian poems, 3am, writing, writers, written, ink AuthorAJ BellAboutI was diagnosed with Bipolar II, Anxiety & PTSD 2 years ago. In 2013 I lost my therapy animal. In the Spring of 2014 my spouse of 6 years informed me that she had been having an affair & that we were .. more..Writing
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