Love Hurts

I heard her footsteps on the driveway
whilst I was lying in our bed,
she’s been out all night again,
sleeping elsewhere instead.

I asked her why she does this.
but she turned and looked away,
she then said she wants a good time
and isn’t ready to live life my way.

She was too young when she married
and babies came along too soon,
but now they’re more independent,
her feet itch when she sees the moon.

I asked where our marriage was going
and she said that she just didn’t care.
All she wanted to do was live her life
in someplace where I wasn’t there.

So I asked her if she still loved me
and she said she never really did,
and the only reason she married
was because she was having my kid.

With tears I told her that I loved her
and there was no one else for me.
She shrugged and said that’s tough,
but she wanted to be set free.

So our marriage is now over
and the children live with me.
Their mother has gone forever
and that’s the way it has to be.

poem by Orlando Belo
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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