Bit On The Side Poem by Barbara Clafton

I don't want to be a spare part
the little attachment to a lover's heart.
I don't want to be the one to feel
like I have been the one to steal.

I don't want to be the one invisible
the one who has to act invincible,
the one on the outside, the one looking in,
the one who's committing the worst mortal sin.

I don't want to be without the man I need
I don't want to be seen as full of envy or greed
I don't want to keep losing my dignity and pride,
because I am the other woman, the bit on the side.

I keep praying to the great lord above
please deliver me from this destructive love.