You're not home yet.

poem by: Phil Rich
Written on Nov 18, 2015

You're not home yet, it's getting late
I've begun to worry, it's hard to wait
My mind is racing, where could you be
What might have happened? Come home to me.

I picture your car, half up a tree
There's blood, your blood, you are deceased
My heart is torn, now forever alone
Should I call the police, oh please come home!

Or are you with him? You know who I mean
I've seen the looks, the smiles serene
He's full of charm, I've seen you melt
But what of me? You don't care what I felt.

Are you at his house, or in his car
Is he kissing you now? has it gone too far?
You're loving him, of this I'm sure
My head, my heart all over sore.

Oh torment, heart wrench, hurt and pain
I'm angry, sad, confused, now numb
My wife, my life, my darling one
Don't do this, don't break me, come!

Then through the door, so casual you
And to the kettle, calm, nothing new.
How was the evening. I manage to say
You shrug, you're distant, it was OK.

What can I read behind the face
It's pensive, elsewhere, not in this place
No sign of guilt, no look, no smell
I study you, but I cannot tell

We go to bed, you turn away
You're tired you say, had a long day
I toss and turn my mind won't still
My heart is hurting I am feeling ill. 

 

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Phil Rich commented:
Jealous mind.
Frank Hornby . commented on May 31, 2018 at 1:11pm
....sounds like love has gone.......good poem Phil.....good luck....

 

 

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