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I wasn’t feeling well one day
So off to the doc I went
I sat in the waiting room patiently
Anything but content.
My body was shaking
Head was pounding to no end
Thoughts were running wild
The nurse said, “Please. Come in”
I sat on the table
Blood pressure sky high
Waited for the doctor
I began to cry
He walked into the room
A box of tissue came my way
The only thing he said
“You love him anyway?”
This man knows me too well
As I sit in my woes
Seeing my dream finally end
The years that were froze
I admitted my fault
That I called him back
The prescription pad came out
And he wrote a big stack
We talked for a while
As he has watched me mature
Almost feeling better
I thought he gave me a cure
I grabbed the pieces of paper
My head hung low
A feeling of failure
And nowhere to go
I left the office swiftly
Hoping no one would see
The only thing the papers said,
“Was to find someone who loves me!”
I found myself lost
My heart and soul cried out is name
I should have known all along
I never had his heart to tame.
There has never been a loss
Greater in my life
Than not being able
To, again, be his wife
Copyright © Teresa Harr-Pena | Year Posted 2007
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