POETRY Reading: BETRAYAL, by Jen Rowan
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1m 23s
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
Years of betrayal
26 years to be exact
Holidays, vacations, children
Since the day they met
A long time coming
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
It didn’t hurt any less
Or make it easier to stop
On their family vacation
Cheating with him as she slept in their bed
Destruction was eminent
She slept in oblivion of the devastation that loomed
She felt completely hopeless
Worry about her children set in
Would they think less of her, would they judge
Without him she knew she would be better for them
Anger and rage
Sadness and loss
Change and growth
Forgiveness and peace
Forgiving was not for him
She deserved to be free
Enough time was wasted
She was beginning to see
JR
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