She Told Me Poem by Randy McClave

She told me that she wanted to be my wife
But, not for the rest of my life,
Just for a little while because she was mad
And she wanted to feel appreciated and glad.
She then asked me if she could stay with me a while
While ending the statement with a beautiful smile.
She would stay with me until someone better comes along
So, I told her that was all wrong.
She then showed be her previously bought wedding dress
It was very beautiful I must confess,
And for moths she said she kept it hanging in her closet
Waiting for the wedding ring deposit.
Of course she bought it for another man in mind
Someone with who she wanted to be aligned,
Someone who smoked and drank and party as she did
But, for me doing that, may God forbid.
She came and she lived with me for a small bit
Never not once did I abuse, or regret, or hit,
I treated her the way all women should be treated
As a princess and every day with joy she was greeted.
Her being with me I was always proud
Unto the world that fact I wanted to shout out loud,
But, sadly she and I never shared the same feelings
And in life we never had the same dealings.
Promises she made and those same promises she broke
Even the Lord God's name many times she did invoke,
Then one day before the crack of dawn
She made up her mind and she packed up and was gone.
She went to a man who she was passionately waiting for
Always there waiting for him at his front door,
To be his wife she has swore one day
Even when she proposed to him and he said, "no way"!
Is she now with him or another man I truly don't know
I guess it all depends on the direction the wind does blow,
But, I am now happy and I feel the very best
But, I wonder if her wedding dress is now in a cedar chest.

Randy L. McClave