Once A Cheater... Poem by Frank Valenti

Once a cheater always a cheater is the known phrase
But the latter is just as true and you'll come to find out one of these days
I've said the same thing too many times
About those of whom that have committed adulterous crimes
Until the opportunity presented itself to me
It was time for myself to see
When I fell in love with a second girl
It spun my emotions in a whirl
I took the low road and had my way with the new
I didn't realize until half way through
That the guilt had gotten to me so severely
That I couldn't finish and made me feel eerily
Strange feelings coursing through my veins
I rolled over and silently lain
Laying there for what seemed like forever waiting
Finally she got up and left leaving me hating
Myself for committing such horrendous atrocity
Loathing myself with exceptional ferocity
Knowing in my heart what I did was wrong
Ringing in my head like the banging of a gong
So now I know that saying is not always true
Cheating again is something I will never do
Now to the rest of you, don't go about things that way
And next time think before you say
Once a cheater...