She Felt Hollow
She felt hollow, numb, used up.
The life she thought she had
Was ripped away in what felt like seconds.
Since he came home and finally told her the truth.
The truth was a long time coming.
She had not suspected, being concerned with grieving.
They had lost their three-year-old son to cancer last
Year; a battle they knew they were losing. A battle that
Took every ounce of her strength. They were lucky they
Had other children, or she would not have been able to
Survive that blow.
She had recently congratulated her husband’s receptionist
Who was sporting a knock-out diamond ring. Never dreaming
It was from her husband, who wrote a check without a backward
Glance, out of their joint account.
The woman did not have sense enough to be embarrassed, but she
Did want her man to straighten his wife out. The wife who had
Put the man through medical school, working two jobs. The wife
Who thought she had given him everything she had, but realized
After her son’s death that she had more, she just did not know it before.
She was hollow, numb, nothing left, after her husband straightened
Her out. He had taken her soul, leaving her a hollow shell of herself.
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