Turning Tear

"Turning Tear"

You turn the door key for what will be the last time;
sensing something else now lays on his mind
He called you to meet him, but couldn’t explain
as he searched for words he tried too hard to find

The hand that caressed you for months in this room
now on its one finger betrays a gold ring
that wasn’t there before this heart stunned night
Never mentioned, not one single thing

He begins slowly and gently to tell you he’s wed
with a pre- teen and a four year old son
And he wants you as more than a lover, much more
but of his family... he’ll never be done

Fate is a cruel mirror in some scenes of our lives;
its reflection showing guilt crystal clear
When you see yourself now as the other... and worse,
it stares back with an all knowing sneer

It’s funny how things like this happen in life
and how Fate can yet be a good friend
When you’re there with the man that owns all of your love
but with truth’s reflection, you know it must end

In your final held parting, one saddened lone tear
he thinks he sees fall from your eye
You turn quickly and walk out the door and from him...

before the other’s tears won’t let you dare try