House Guest

Started out leaving by midnight so I could go home and change clothes

Next thing you know I am bringing overnight bags

Then you told me I could have a drawer

From the drawer I got closet space

Then next thing you know I am moving my own furniture in

Even put my name on the lease when it came time to resign

We shacked up a for a while

Then one Wednesday after work we made a trip to the courthouse

No family

No friends

Just us

We didn’t even change out status on facebook

We knew how we felt about each other, that’s all that mattered in the end

We had our ups and downs much like all relationships

However due to our already established friendship and trust in God we weathered through the storms Satan sent our way

As the years went on the love seemingly withered away like an uncultivated plant

Date nights became just like all the other nights…..lonely
Candlelit dinners aren’t as romantic when you’re staring at an empty chair

Just wanted a little of your time but now you’re out with the girls every night

Doesn’t matter if I need corrective lenses or not I can tell something is amiss here even with my hindered sight

I was starving for affection, craving love, missing the connection that was us

So much like most males I gave in, didn’t take much bait for me to lunge for the hook

With a bat of the eyes and a smile it rekindles a flame inside of me that I only thought you had the lighter to

Not accustomed to being unfaithful so I was sloppy with the evidence

Suppose I wanted to you to find out so I could quickly come clean about my dirty dealings

Couldn’t even imagine the look in your eye when you found out

Waiting for you to come home

Pacing the floor, looking at the ceiling

You walk in with a look of disappointment on your face

Then gave me a smile, the last sight I saw made it harder than the final curtain falling

Gunshot to my chest, now our home is my final resting place.

- Steve Logan

2012