The Parting

In His own image I was created From his ribs I was created You delighted in this creature that He created And this creature that He created You named woman For He saw that a helper You needed You were alone and lonely indeed She was a beautiful creature indeed A companion you knew not that you needed Your woman For what I was created is long forgotten Of that am frequently being reminded Your delight in me is long buried After all, did you not get what you wanted? Your woman A home for you I've created Your children I've birthed Through the long labour pains I endured And in your offspring I delighted Was proud to be your woman Through thick and thin by you I stuck Your dreams I believed in Encouraging and supporting you all through A safe haven for you I was For I was your woman Why then in your peak have you abandoned me? Yet I supported you all through That am no longer beautiful you say Now that another one to replace me you have found Your woman am no more Long nights for you I've cried For the lost twilight years with you now lost A dead horse I will flog no more You, my beloved to me is no more For your woman am no more