THE LIE

HIS HEART WAS BROKEN;

CLEFT IN TWO.

SHE SAID SHE LOVED HIM;

THE LIE GREW.

 

SHE PROMISED HIM HER LIFE;

SAID IT SINCERELY.

SMILING SWEETLY WITH EVERY WORD;

HOLDING HIM DEARLY.

 

ONE YEAR TOGETHER THEY HAD;

HER MOSTLY AWAY.

KEPT HIM HOME WITH PLOYS;

SHE WENT ASTRAY.

 

NOW SHE HAS LEFT HIM;

NEVER SAID GOODBYE.

HE’S ALL ALONE ONCE MORE;

HEAR HIS OUTCRY.

 

1995          BY WAYNE J. WAGAR

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