For Every Up There Must Be A Downside Poem by Wilfred Mellers

For Every Up, There Must Be A Downside
Written: Wilfred Mellers, Friday, October 16,2009

Pretending to be Dr. Jekyll while being Mr. Hyde.
The pain I hide and emotions kept inside.
The oceans are now separate and divided.
No one left now to confide.

Your attention I desperately vied.
On your love, I so relied.
To you, I had never chided.
On slippery slopes, I now slide.

Once struck by a truck broadside.
Battered now and deep-fried.
Secrets to you, I used to confide.
Tender moments spent at your bedside.

Heaven knows I've tried.
All requests, I've complied.
Court orders I've not defied.
God doesn't sleep, for His eyes remain open wide.

My heart once again has been shanghaied.
Great love to you, I've supplied.
Yet left high and dry.
Words spoken, yes, you lied.

You'll see who's there come yuletide.
You can run, but you cannot hide.
Your world shall be turned on its side.
Dragged out to sea by the riptide.

Pray that the universe will provide.
No more comforting words to guide.
There will be no more upside.
No more for you, the joy ride.

Alone, I stand by the seaside.
Thinking of my children, I cried.
Swept away by the noontide.
Held captive by love and hogtied.

Left with only my stupid pride.
Lonesome groom with his bride.
Standing now where worlds collide.
Peering into the void wide-eyed.

Tears come and go with the tide.
Heartache and I are now allied.
Waters fell until ducts were dried.
Open wounds I now abide.

Placed now curbside.
Fate is no longer on a hayride.
On Crystal Lakes, I glide.
All hope has not yet died.

Storms brew and chilled winds wouldn't subside.
At wit's end for nothing, I have left untried.
Your heart of steel is cold and freeze-dried.
Rusted solid from the oxide.

In this, and the next world standing astride.
You, I've never left aloft and elided.
Glancing down from the hillside.
By God now, I stand beside.

Comforted by the fireside.
Now, I dwell on the inside.
Stationed no longer in a landslide.
Forward-looking without guilt and untied.

Casting now, I do worldwide.
No longer staying just stateside.
In judgment, he alone will preside.
In loving arms, I now reside.