Adultery--To Forgive Or Not

Every love story is different, And every situation too. So until it really happens One might not know what she would do. I’m sure my heart would have been broken Had my true love been betrayed. And my life mate had forgotten All the promises he made. I’d have the right to be unhappy. I would have shed my anguished tears And have said I’d not forgive him For a million, million years. I hope I’d not have made decisions While so unhappy and dismayed, That I would have licked my wounds awhile Until the hurt began to fade. It could be one indiscretion Need not be a full life sentence, If he had been truly sorry And was willing to do penance. On the other hand if there had been A long, emotional affair And he’d given her his true self That was only mine to share, Then it may be the hurt was too bad And I could not forgive him. I wouldn’t settle for a half of love, It had been better just to leave him. But the children, oh the children, They would be so very sad. I hope I’d be wise enough to spare them And not to speak ill of their dad. I know that I would worry then And have started to wonder If what the Lord had joined together I had the right to put asunder. For Delilah's contest "Adultery" To forgive or not. Nov. 6, 12 There were several no. 1 winners. I was one of them.