Goodnight My Sweetheart Poem by Gero Lorna

He lays peacefully asleep
giving love a second
chance. A mirrored image
of a secret affection
inspires a smile from his
heart. Each night he
shares his bed with the
same woman of five years.
Flaunting his foolish disguise
of a man committed. She
never doubts his love
unaware of his many indiscretions.
Across town alone she rests
holding the pillow that like a
sponge has absorbed his tasteful
cologne. A mirrored image
of a secret affection inspires
a smile from her heart.
Belonging to someone else,
she struggles with her truth
and his reality.
Not sure what the future holds
but sure the other will be there.
Till their next embrace an
explosive kiss shared by both
speeds up their pulse.
In seperate beds their
hearts remain attached,
both smiling from their
hearts.