The Stranger

Once upon a nightmare it was the month of April alone with my misery alone with my incredible constant discomfort alone with my demons thinking of her her with another man lying next to him in bed seeking the comfort, the attention, the love which she obviously did not receive from me She said she would be here tonight 3 hours ago, was when she said she would be home my demons were getting louder first whispering, then shouting about all that was happening with her, and her new lover it was getting to the point where I could not think clearly she was in bed with him, making love doing everything she used to do with me as I lay there, trapped in this non-functioning body I cursed her and her lover, and swallowed a bunch of pills When I awoke I was in the hospital 51/50ed, under 24/7 watch I was told it was for my own safety that was the beginning of my descent into a living hell! while still in the hospital she had me served with divorce papers 30 years of marriage, two beautiful kids what went so wrong? our love was so strong, so passionate Now she looks at me with an absence of emotion from husband to friend, from lover to observer, from one who is intimate, to one who is the stranger!