He said he loved me
To him I said the same
Then we got married
And I took his name
She looked so stunning
She had to be mine
The courtship was short
She was mine in no time
I popped the question
And she said yes
I was over the moon
I had passed her test
The house was rented
But I didn’t care
Nothing so mattered
As long as he was there
She didn’t have a job
But she had a face
And a body to match
She was certainly a catch
We had to get married
And that we did
He had no
faults
And all mine I hid
The vows seemed long
And the ceremony too
I became impatient
And that impatience grew
Eventually I heard
You may kiss the bride
The moment I’d waited for
Had suddenly arrived
The reception was great
More guests than we invited
But all went well
And we were delighted
A few months went well
And then it occurred to me
She was not working
Hence, a drain on my money
I paid all the bills
And did so much more
And she merely complained
Of feeling bored
Well what do you expect?
I was in the house alone
And when I wanted to talk
He was never at home
He said it didn’t matter
I was not working
And he said so many times
When we were courting
She used to dress up
And we would party strong
But here of late
She says partying is wrong
While he was at work
I would prepare a nice recipe
So that when he got home
He could dine with me
But he was always late
And my effort was a waste
He would feign tiredness
And never take a taste
I worked long hours
So I could give her the best
So when I got home
I needed to have my rest
To cut a long story short
It couldn’t last on that course
So after our last quarrel
We decided on divorce
Courting days were so great
That we decided to marry
But we ran out of love’s tidbits
And the moon ran out of honey
Love’s tidbits were gone
And so was our marriage
She had lost her golden slipper
And I my golden carriage
All that’s left are memories
And tidbits of this and that
But the pure love we envisaged
Never became a fact
Stewart Russell © February 2018
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