Never Again Poem by Robin Bennett

Missing the point
at which you drew the line,
Willing to leave me in the cold
clinging to a dying vine.
Subtlety was never
truly your forte in life,
I should know I'm only
your long suffering wife.

I should've seen the signs
in your Utopian demeanor,
It's scribed upon your presence,
obviously you've seen her.
A blanket of despondency
disables me, prolongs,
Desists me from identifying
just where we went wrong.

Sickened by the smell
of smoke from another fire,
Even your eyes betray you
just another cheap liar.
Is it that same one you cling to,
your no tell lover-
With smoke and mirrors gone,
you've lost your cover.

A violent, vicious circle,
now is my cue to beg and plead,
For you to form a tourniquet
to stem this labored bleed.
But this time something stops me
in my worn and weary tracks,
A whisper echoes through my trance,
do I want you back?

With this knife firmly
driven deep within my heart,
Dead in the present,
am I strong enough for a new start?
This undying melody has tricked
my soul many times before,
Confused and spinning,
should I just slip out of the door?

Stuck between a hard place
and a heart that's made of rock,
The vows that we once made
are just another thing to mock.
A fool, because I believed in you
and that we would survive,
I swore that I would never again
let you see me cry.

You've filled my glass
with your free flowing lies,
Poisoned by this bitter
liquid affair and all it implies.
Do you even see me
still standing here now?
As the music fades away,
misty eyed, I take my final bow.