"AND I LOVED HIM"

“AND I LOVED HIM”

I loved him at first sight

He turned my life upside

Down when all was wrought

And oh how I treasured him

Or so I thought.

He wrote poetry for me

Cards came and flowers

And away went many hours.

For the first time in my life

I was happy and free

And he let me be me.

Several years of complete bliss

And then into nothingness it sank

While I was left with just things.

Things like treasures and rings.

Not what I wanted at all you see

I wanted his love he had for me.

But that love turned to a game

I knew not how to play

And he was a master in

Every way.

The games went on and

Turned to tragedy

For he left me alone

Just me.

But I learned so much

That I should have known

And shouldn’t have gotten

Sucked up in the life he owned.

But I did and suffered the

Result of it all

It was horrific and heartbreaking

For me and that fall.

While he

Went on with no conscience

You see.

He’s been out of my life

For over ten years now

And I was lucky to survive strife.

But there isn’t a time

That I don’t think about

What was for I loved him

You see.

But it wasn’t the same

For him with me.

Despite the horribleness

Of it all

There are so many times

When I want to say

And I loved him

And that’s all.

Sherry Hill