Silhouette Of A Marionette Poem by Wilfred Mellers

From the day we met
Those things I won't forget
All your secrets I kept
Dried your eyes when you wept

Watched the sun as it set
When you are sick I fret
Some day you're gonna regret
Walked in rain and never got wet

Bailed you out when you were in debt
Calmed you down when you were upset
Your body is your only asset
You and I the lovely duet

We danced a minuet
Two lovers silhouette
Shaking knees like a castanet
Our life was a vignette

Salad dressed in vinaigrette
At times you made me sweat
To love someone else my heart won't let
Fought off every single threat

Gone the foot-soldier and now a vet
Once the proud cadet
Caught up in the fishnet
To you I beset

I'm a blank diskette
I'm an out-of-date cassette
You I just don't get
My pain needs an outlet

Beautiful was your statuette
As you smoke one more cigarette
I bought only a single ticket
For I was your marionette