One Last Tear For Giving Thanks Contest

One last tear I will shed for your absence I refuse to suffer more pain Hurt now replaced by anger Rejection & humiliation With relief and pride I did nothing wrong Except love you Until the end That moment Decided by you alone To move on Live your life as a single man Before we had even parted Before I even knew we had a problem Always the last to know The foolish wife You slept beside me Night after night Snuggled up to me whist asleep We made love Bodies entwined Right up until the day you left Did you tell her we have separate beds? Separate lives? More lies The marital bed Where our souls became one A place of tenderness Of love and hope Planning together our dreams of the future Laying in your strong arms My man My life My future So now you are gone Your decision shocked me to the core Baffled by the viciousness of your words Nothing made sense I cried myself to sleep for weeks Getting weaker each dawn that broke I questioned everything Was every single word a lie? Why did I not see it? Was I really so blind? I grieved for you For the future we will no longer have So now I will shed one last tear Not for you But for the love we once had Now I will move forward Stand tall and proud I am free I am finally happy again Looking forward to each new sunrise Creating my new future A fresh start in life for myself Excitement and motivation spurring me on So thank you for releasing me Get on with the life you chose I don’t wish you malice Your life is your own as is mine Goodbye to my past Hello to my future Because now No more tears will I cry