Happy Anniversary
She places little forget me nots
All throughtout the house
She tries to leave them everywhere
To be found by her loving spouse
Their twenty-first anniversary
Will be celebrated tonight
And she's found the perfect gift
To make the evening bright
Married out of high school
To the first man she ever dated
Her parents told her not to rush
And wished she would have waited
Her husband pulls in the driveway
As she watches her plan unfold
She hides out in the bedroom
Where he'll find his pot of gold
Her husband finds the note she left
As a smile crosses his face
He finds a second, then a third
As he moves from place to place
He makes his way to the bedroom
And finds his wife upon the bed
She asks him why he cheated on her
Then puts a bullet in his head
She walks quietly to the bathroom
And runs herself a bath
As she sits down in the water
She starts to smile then laugh
She reaches for the radio
And pulls it in the water
Sparks cover her body
And a picture of her daughter
The picture catches the curtains on fire
As the ceiling comes tumbling down
Happy anniversary the last note said
As the house burns to the ground
Copyright © Larry Belt | Year Posted 2010
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