Wisdom From Pain

To her beauty I am mesmerized To her heart I am magnetized Her reply of YES my heaven surprise My being her HUSBAND my grand prize Early years, bed of roses, we shared Commitment of marriage, a fair square Among all flavors, she's the best kind But comes one new, I falter - got blind To the new, I lustfully taste and twine My wife forgotten, Dropping her behind Rain of tears fell As she, I quell D I V O R C E she dispel Wakening me from the spell As one by one all repels To my knees, I knelt Forgive me, I beg to tell In the test of times, I didn't pass Herculean strength fail to last To a Delilah's lure I sinned vast Wish I have never stop wooing her As much as I protected her and so to my heart, To like anyone but to love her - ONLY HER To her best and worst I should have stayed Not running... Reasoning my getaway I should have her feel she's cherished Allowing her holistically to flourish Instead of tasting one new flavor I should have been creative to devour her Consume and penetrate her deeper Letting her mind be blown or melt to her softness Avoiding any pretense, instead must have allowed her I must have opened myself to her As she is my other half, my wife I must have not chosen to cheat on her Instead only to love her more and more HARD but too late... so so... so hard but too late... Divorce papers on hot plate The only woman I love most I hurt and totally lost The epic lover I was once Now just an epitaph of woes Hence, to all husbands Learn wisdom from my pain by olive eloisa April 29, 2014