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 If I Were Your Love Poetry Contest Sponsor-Mystic Rose Rose