the bank is closed

I heard this on the radio today and I couldn't think of a better song to go with my life.

The lies and the letters
you left in my drawer,
sorry,
they don't placate me,
not anymore.

Every overdue notice,
every credit extended,
are all the reminders I need.
and although you're a master,
you can't make a stone bleed.

The final straw,
the last bit
for the kids' visit,
you won't pay me back,
and you rung up the phone ...

enough,
the bank is closed,
I am no longer your wife,
you need to find a way
to pay for your own life.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lauriegirl]

You are a gifted writer for sure..this pulled at my heart and didn't let go

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for the kind words

[Frieda P]

I'm really beginning to wonder if we were married to the same loser.....if you didn't live across the border I'd say it was definitely a possibility. Seems we had 'free ride' tattooed on our foreheads when they eye'd us.

[Lyn Anderson]

I am still thinking long lost cousins at least. :)

[Delmar Cooper]

I may have mentioned this before but men tend to be theroetical lovers thinking just saying makes it so.
Women are more empirical, "Love me? Pay the bills!"

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, well, in theory, a husband who does less than half and owes more than double, isn't worth the trouble.:)

[Delmar Cooper]

Theory hell!

[Rene Salinas]

Oh, this is hard, not something that I have personally lived through my married life but I remember a few things when my parents got divorced. Obviously not the best of times goes without saying. But what I like and not the first time I mention it is your determination , drive and willingness to turn the page. The image portrayed it slightly confusing to the point were you seem to have supported him in more ways than one.

Onwards and upwards? forward? Well, wherever you decide it will be new

Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. What is confusing? That a woman not only does all the house and the work and the kids and the bill paying? Yeah. I guess that is confusing. It happens, more than you realize.

[Rene Salinas]

Suprised then he lasted that long to be honest...

[Lyn Anderson]

Believe me when I say, that is something most never understand.

[R Smith]

hard hitting stuff, based on your experience perhaps? Excellent poem.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, a great deal of my stuff is based on personal experience, writing it down helps to keep me out of jail:)

[R Smith]

HA! yeah I like it just to keep me sane, at least I think I am....am I, I think....I am....am I??

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Another real and emotional write 'M'. Plucked from the reality of pain and anger and laid down in verse. I would remove the word 'sad' from the final line to get a better ballance.

[Lyn Anderson]

yes, probably. I should. I just heard this song on the way home.