Trust and Deceit

She cries all day, and all through the night. She weeps for her lover who’d stormed out of sight. They’d argued in anger, saying things they didn’t mean, about rumors of a woman he’d secretly seen. She stands near the lake, being frisked by the wind, thinking of the story she’d heard from a friend. A story of her lover sitting in the park, romancing some woman just shortly after dark. “Should I believe her.” she whispers in a sigh, seriously hoping the tale is a lie. She turns away slowly, her eyes filled with tears, dreading the end to a love of many years. She walks away weeping and gazes ahead, astonished with the presence of her lover who’d fled. He stands in silence, just away in the grass, with tears upon his cheeks, his eyes shining like glass. “I love you,” he whispers, reaches out his hand, holding a bracelet with a sparkling gold band, “Your friend asked me to leave you, for an affair with her. She only told you lies. She was jealous how we were. She came to me earlier, confessing her shame, then gave me this bracelet engraved with her name. Loving another woman, is something I won’t do. I told her my heart is only here for you. I saved this jewelry so you can really see, how deceiving your so-called friend can be.” She stares the bracelet, and looks into his eyes, realizing her friend had only told her lies. “I’m sorry,” she whispers, and hugs him with a sigh. He caresses her and says, “I’m with you until I die.” Copyright 2007 INSIGHTS by R.A.Jones- book published by Publish America