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Elegy For My Former Wife
[Darleen, February 16, 1958---February 25, 2007]
She wanted a husband, a baby, a home.
I wanted companionship---
the kind that can inspire a poem.
She cared nothing for that and let me slip.
I made myself incompatible.
The world took its inveterate toll.
Not quite to the seventh year, we parted.
I was not quite as brokenhearted
as certain others thought I should be.
She remarried---a man of strife,
this time, who preferred a doormat to a wife.
First flushes of false happiness soon gave way
to the shadows and shudders of oppresive doubt.
One dismal, sleeting February day,
he loaded his gun and took her life.
Then the craven bastard blew his own brains out.
Starward
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[jlc]
This is a tough one
But she made her choice.
And you know what they say, right ?
KS
Best Wishes
Sorry, I forgot to say thanks
Sorry, I forgot to say thanks fo the comment and the sympathetic words.
Starward
Yes, she did, but still I
Yes, she did, but still I feel sadness for her. Our relationship was great through the dating period and the first year of marriage. After that, it was a slow deterioration. However, we were blessed with a daughter and, through her, i have two grandchildren. From the position the murderer was found in (still alive, but suffering massive head trauma), the police believe he was waiting for my daughter to arrive, to kill her too. Apparently, at some point, he gave up and put the barrel into his mouth.
Starward
This is a powerful thing
That you have shared.
It must of been extremely tough
On your daughter.
I hope it brought you closer
To your daughter and now
Your grandchildern.
I would think it would.
Life isnt always wonderful
But it does have some strange twists and turns.
Stay Strong
KS
Thank you for the follow up.
Thank you for the follow up. Yes, it was very hard on her because, at the time of the murder, I was still in a recovery coma after massive heart surgery with only three in twenty chances to survive. So I was not there to assist her with the difficulties or the funereal arrangements, and I was not permitted to leave the hospital for either the viewing or the burial.
Starward
Just wanted to say
Glad to hear about all of
The good that has happened
After the bad.
I didnt want to pry.
Good to know.
KS