The Other Woman In My Life Poem by Oscar Mireles

One spring day,
it always seems to happen in spring
one spring day,
out of the blue
the other woman
popped into my life

I wasn’t looking for a relationship
no one really is,
but the first time I held her
I thought I was going to squeeze
the life out of her
but I didn’t

she is a good listener
keeps looking into my eyes
and laughs when
I am happy
one can’t ask for more in a friendship

It is hard to explain
but it is getting out of hand
she is calling me at all hours of the night
just what I need
a fatal distraction

I used to believe honesty is the best policy
but I am afraid to lose both of them
for the love of one

I think my wife knows
something is going on
but I don’t know what to do
or worse to undo
what has been done

but it is the nineties
and I am sure this thing happens all the time
to somebody else
but not me
not now

but what should I expect
from a three week old baby girl
my daughter
Lorena Pilar Barbosa-Mireles
the other woman
in my life