Words Left Unsaid
I was happy in a dysfunctional relationship
Never wanted to leave this man
Who put me down and made me feel
Like I was just a little crazy
Or maybe – a lot crazy
We had something special even though it hurt
The way we tortured one another with love
That should have been faithful and true
But was really adulterous and shrewd
I was happy with my place as a wife
To the man who I loved despite
Drunken moments of deception
And dreaded pain of rejection
He was my love
And oh, how I loved this man
He held the world in his hand
I married him young, just seventeen
And discovered that he could move the earth
It didn’t matter that he wasn’t perfect
In my heart, I saw him as flawless
He looked like a classic Marine
Or a highway patrolman
He would have fit the uniform
It was love, though, that made him so special
It wasn’t that he sang me love songs
Or made me feels so blessed
With gifts of acceptance
It wasn’t that the bad outweighed the best
Feelings that were hurt beyond grief that lasts
When we parted there was everything left
To say and yet we said – nothing.
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