So many times

You stood me up,

So many times

I cried.

Your family always

Came first.

There was no time left

For me.

I wonder,

Was I to feel grateful

For the snatched

Hour or two?

 

I saw your beautiful wife

And adorable children

For the first time

Yesterday

In the park.

And unbeknown to you,

I watched you with them.

Was this the wife

Who doesn’t understand?

The one with

The awful illness?

There is just one word

For how I feel now.

Deceived.

Unwittingly,

You showed me

A cosy family scene

I need to find for myself

But not with you.

 

So now I arrive

At our favourite restaurant.

You sit at our usual table.

The waiter is popping the cork

On the bottle of wine

You have ordered for us.

I hope you can manage it all,

My darling,

For I am not stopping.

I tell you I cannot do this

Any more.

The third time I have to say it

I am irritated.

And now you ask

If it’s that time of the month.

A whole bottle of wine

I pour over your head.

Oh, the satisfaction!

I leave happy,

For now I have bitten the bullet

And cut you out of my life.