Just Won’t Die

I searched love for fidelity’s golden ring
Only to find there was no such thing
For every woman that I’ve ever known
Was never mine alone for long

For somewhere along the way
Lust for another caused them to stray
Not only did they go willingly
But told me of their unfaithfulness defiantly

The lovelier the woman the more likely to
Infidelity’s torment take you through
And when the game she chooses to play
Nothing you can do or say

Will persuade or convince her to stay
As in forbidden sex she wants to have her day
Meanwhile thousands of needles of pain
Attack your heart again and again

And memories of what was done
Over and over in your mind rerun
The pain and the agony that you felt
As despair’s rocks of agony your emotions pelt

Running you through misery’s gauntlet of pain
Until little if any resolve remain
And you wonder why, though hard you try
The will to love again just won’t die

H. Wilson