The Silent Wife

The Silent Wife
The silent wife never learned her lesson
The emotions scattered only to shatter
So she left
But he convinced her it would be different this time

So she returned
Her heart was still under the manipulator’s tangling grasp
She ached in silence
Every phone call he made
To his secret lover(s)
She died a little

Finally she spoke
The silent wife could take no more
She told the tales
Of pain she endured
Every time she found out he made someone else cry for more

When she spoke
And retold all the lies he told
He struck her
Making her pain visible
She packed her bags with all she could
With the shattered pieces of her life

She took off into the new
The new was brilliant and kind
But new turned out to be the same
In another’s skin

The silent wife gave herself away
Once more
To someone who locked his revolving door
The new lies ran deep
His soul wasn’t hers to keep

She soon found the new was no better
So she spoke
And choked on her own words
Had she not learned her lesson
To remain in silence

Or forever be alone?

© 2007 Miss Blue