Adultery’s Ashes
You bent the branches of my soul,
A weeping willow in disguise
Watered daily with unrelenting tears.
The sadness lingers, my branches sweeping
Adultery’s Ashes and its lies.
At first the hurt is neither cold nor warm,
Just dull, a sudden heavy blow.
A burning wound that must be borne.
Coals in Adultery’s Ashes glow.
The soot, the blackness still remain
My blood a seeping searing sludge
A foothold I can’t seem to find
I merely fall, exhausted from the climb.
You see the intimacy shared
Was never meant for Her to know.
The secrets of my soul you bared
Hot embers in Adultery’s Ashes glow.
And I will never be the same
The thoughts invade my mind, my brain
Relentless, scorching in their pain.
Look what you’ve wrought, Adultery’s Ashes rain.
The shattered pieces lie there undisturbed
I cannot pick them up or even rearrange
Just looking, not comprehending