Final Atonement
"'Til death do you part'' must have seemed such a joke,because now I know all of the vows that you broke.
Standing before God in your white, frilly dress,
with all intentions of making our lives a mess.
Always you were innocent, forever dwelling on the past,
while constantly deciding on the next lie to cast.
Then came time to be a mother, secretly dreading each day
at the thoughts of being burdened and unable to stray.
Your secrets were well hidden in the pit you call a soul,
and the evil trapped inside you made us all look the fool.
Unwittingly, I was blinded by the love behind your eyes,
but in reality never knew of the lust between your thighs.
Your avarice grew like a cancer and spread into my heart,
and when the time was right you helped it split our home apart.
You feel you have done nothing, that I am the one to blame,
but I hope that in time you feel the awful twinge of shame.
You lied to yourself, you lied to me, you lied to God above,
and lied and hurt our child, giving her pain and not love.
Still, knowing you, you'll never see the pain you've wrought
by only wanting for yourself and never giving a thought
to how life could have been for you, a family dear and true.
Someday you will regret you sins, and give the Lord his due.
B Heath Harris/(c) 2009
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