If I Were Your Love
If I Were Your Love
Val,
Long ago we were in our twenties
We were a beautiful couple
Our life was gifted
And your father wrapped a house
Upon our marriage
And I thought the table was set
However, there was no candlelight
Or silverware between us
Only my eyes that teared
And your cold heart, and promiscuity
The puppy eyes that I adored turned into a wolf
Escaping, prowling, wandering
For you took that fork in the road
And dished to the other side
Our vows, our gifts, our future
You unwrapped in your new lover's lap
You ran, you ran, you ran
To the hillsides and to your greener pastures
For you found your sheep and wool
And though I was far away, I could hear your howl
Your call of the wild tore me to pieces
Then one day you came crawling back
Your eyes were like puppies
This time my eyes turned to wolves
I looked for the last time
And the words came out of my mouth
Like freeing doves racing from Hell
"If I were your love I would never do what you did to me"
With my face not showing it, but my insides crying
I walked away
5/1/23
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