I Have No Regrets Poem by Deborah Ashdown

My best friend.
That's what I called you.
Many years younger
Gifted with beauty and youth.
You seduced, slept with my man.
How could you betray our friendship.
You left me, my man left me,
Unable to eat.
Unable to sleep.
Unable to care for my children.
Unable to feel the love I once felt for my man.
He only saw your outer shell.
Your beauty.
Your youth.
He was blinded from reality.
You were unable to provide the love of a wife.
My man and I were whole
Until the day you tore us apart.
I told him I loved him, gave him space.
That's when he realised
His true love was me.
Your age differences
Were too many years apart.
You were heading for disaster
Not a new start.
He returned home
Where he had left his heart.
I forgave him for his weakness
Our love only grew stronger.
He learned from his mistake.
You are alone now
Learning from your mistake.
Your weakness I also forgive
But cannot forget.
Our friendship ended the day
You seduced my man.
Our friendship we lost.
I have no regrets.