Four Quatrains of Neglect
I felt quite neglected
It’s just that simple
Didn’t receive love as expected
Instead of a wave, a ripple
–
I adored you every day
And do many little things
That’s why I feel dismay
That inequality brings
–
I told you truth
And dealt with your vice
You were always were uncouth
With your pack of lies
–
As I pay this final alimony
It hurts me like a knife
A manipulating phony
And never quite a wife…
-aaa
Originally Published 05/19/2024
For some of us, there are no happy endings
No twenty year anniversaries to celebrate
Instead, divorces with alimonies pending
Leaves us remaining of in a frazzled state.
–
Some were high school sweethearts
Or college friends from long ago
Many of which lead to two happy hearts
While the rest of us are just status quo.
–
What did we do that was so wrong?
To end up with such gruesome loves
I guess we sang to a different song
With circling vultures instead of doves.
–
We try our best to not have envy
Watching you all celebrate
Hold it together as best we can be
Looking only to ourselves, to appreciate.
–
A pure love that we all read about
That is what your lives have shown
Selflessness and sacrifice in large amount
Those things, from others, we’ve never known.
–
So please remember us, solitary souls
As your anniversary years accrue
As we’re finding all the answers alone
Remember, you’re lucky, that someone truly loves you…
-AAA 05/17/2024
Originally Published 05/17/2024
I once was yours
In that vain
Endless chores
Pouring rain.
–
Hateful notions
Thrown at me
Lackluster devotion
In an empty sea.
–
Promises given
But never delivered
Agendas hidden
Coldness shivered
–
Heartless mental abuse
At your very hands
In my pain you’d amuse
Making other sticky plans.
–
Inside was out
And outside in
Matriarchal clout
Cold ice within.
–
You though you were clever
That I’d eternally chomp at the bit
Until I saw never, your forever
Then I wised up and quit.
–
Less and less I look back
All the lessons have been learned
I greatly suffered from your lack
Someday, your karma will be returned…
-AAA 10/09/2024
You ran away fast
Without an explanation
Cowardice told me
Betrayed me right from start
I’ll rise up and learn from it…
-AAA/MAD 09/24/2024
I’m losing my cool
It can’t be helped
Played for a fool.
–
That’s how I felt
Irritated inside
Like a fresh welt.
–
Damn my pride
Such a waste
Nowhere to hide.
–
As I leave post haste
Trapped in the lies
I can’t just cut and paste.
–
Yet, you gave me your thighs
I do not know why
To lows from such highs.
–
Makes me cry
Foolish tears
Why’d you lie?
–
I guess it was fears
Of what may come
And where your heart steers.
–
Now I feel dumb
For buying it all
As well as numb.
–
Like I’m 2 foot small
Reduced to nothing
Kneeling, I crawl.
–
There was just huffing
No love to be found
All the while your McGuffing
–
When I wasn’t around
You found better
And left me on the ground.
–
A Dear John Letter
Without a sound
I deserved much better…
-AAA 09/13/2024
Originally Published 05/01/2024
I loved you the most
Now you’re just another ghost
Find another host…
-aaa
It’s fine just fine
The hands of time
Keep us in line
Definitely fine.
–
It’s no use just no use
Don’t be obtuse
There’s no excuse
Just no use.
–
It’s unfair just unfair
You never cared
I wasn’t aware
That’s it’s unfair.
–
It’s cruel just cruel
Played for a fool
Under your rule
Simply cruel
–
It’s mean just mean
That I was unseen
The way it’d always been
Very mean.
–
It’s the end just the end
My selfish friend
No compromise or bend
Goodbye, my friend.
-AAA 07/28/2024
She really took him for such a fall.
He had no idea until it was too late.
There’s nothing that could be done at all.
Just pack it up, and call it a day.
Try bouncing a ball against the wall.
That should clear your weary mind.
Or placate further, hike a hill that’s tall.
It’s over now, for this, there is no debate.
One day soon, you’ll be clear of this squall…
-AAA 07/17/2024
Chew me up and spit me out
Drop me like an afterthought
This is what your love is all about
Leaving someone to fester and rot.
–
Take and take and never give
Selfishness your middle name
Not a happy life to live
When the relationship is like a game.
–
Lure me back when I fade away
Making me thing you just might care
Manipulations led us astray
When you’re caught all unaware.
–
No amount of love given
Will alter this torturous course
A life of misery is what you are living
Wondering if it can ever get worse.
–
The only thing to do
Is bring this all to a final end
Loving yourself through and through
Will assure this never happens again…
-AAA 07/05/2024
Four Quatrains of Neglect
I felt quite neglected
It’s just that simple
Didn’t receive love as expected
Instead of a wave, a ripple
–
I adored you every day
And do many little things
That’s why I feel dismay
That inequality brings
–
I told you truth
And dealt with your vice
You were always were uncouth
With your pack of lies
–
As I pay this final alimony
It hurts me like a knife
A manipulating phony
And never quite a wife…
-aaa
For some of us, there are no happy endings
No twenty year anniversaries to celebrate
Instead, divorces with alimonies pending
Leaves us remaining of in a frazzled state.
–
Some were high school sweethearts
Or college friends from long ago
Many of which lead to two happy hearts
While the rest of us are just status quo.
–
What did we do that was so wrong?
To end up with such gruesome loves
I guess we sang to a different song
With circling vultures instead of doves.
–
We try our best to not have envy
Watching you all celebrate
Hold it together as best we can be
Looking only to ourselves, to appreciate.
–
A pure love that we all read about
That is what your lives have shown
Selflessness and sacrifice in large amount
Those things, from others, we’ve never known.
–
So please remember us, solitary souls
As your anniversary years accrue
As we’re finding all the answers alone
Remember, you’re lucky, that someone truly loves you…
-AAA 05/17/2024
I loved you the most
Now you’re just another ghost
Find another host…
-aaa
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