“HUSH!

I don’t wanna hear

No uttered consonants 

Or spoken vowels”

“Hun,

you’re

being obstinate,

so cold and vile

Treating me like

a naughty kid,

a told-off child”

“Halt those forced

And awful sobs

Lest we be waterlogged

You fox, you vixen! 

You’re not the victim

But it’s the role you play

Now you haven’t

Got a pot to piss in”

“Stop! Just listen.

Here’s how it happened

The pots were hot

On the hob

In the kitchen

The pasta was absorbing

The water and liquid

From the sauce

Which was

To be topped

With olive oil 

And then mixed in

With the lobster,

salad - rocket, and fish”

“I laid out the crockery

And dishes

Little did I know

I was being stalked

From a distance

He came from behind

I was caught in his grip

I must’ve been insane

To go along with it

It’s unfortunate we kissed

I went from off to on

In a 1/5th of sec”

“Honey, I didn’t mean

Any of this - disrespect

But we slid into bed

In an instant, for sex

I feel sick at the thought

Of what we did

It was way over the line

Beyond the permissible step

I don’t think nor expect 

That I can ask you

For forgiveness just yet”

“You did what I said

You would do

Now it’s a dark storm

And it looks like our ship’s 

Heading on a crash course

Into black rocks

It’s mutiny

And under my scrutiny, 

Your fast talk won’t last long

My heart’s torn

Any chance

For reconciliation has gone

You really don’t know

What you do to me

It’s so cruel to cheat

And do you think

That I’m a fool, and weak?

Well my anger’s brewed, like tea

And I’ve got the rising,

Inner fuel and heat

To deliver a palm, strong,

To your cheek!”

“Excuse me, please

Who are you to speak?

As if you haven’t

Cheated on me, either

You’re morals are

Just as loose”

“How do you sleep

In the darkness

Of the deep, black night

When you knew

It was not meant to be her

You should’ve been

Holding me, clasped tight”

“Yes, indeed, the ship 

We had been sailing

On the sea cap-sized

By an iceberg

Sunken and

Submerged in water”

“I gave you a son

And birthed your daughter

We had just got over

All the hurt and horrors

Of your past adulteries

My friends will ask me

‘How on earth did he backslide?’ ”

“Our ship, it was tossed

Amongst the waves

I weep, I grieve, I cry

Mourning the cost

Of what we paid

What we lost along the way

The constant, chronic pain

Of how this relationship

Ended on the rocks again”

“Stupid of me

To have thought you changed

But when it pours it rains

Rather, when it rains it pours

It’s got a mane and roars

So then, what’s its name?”

“It’s you, a destructive beast

With seductive speech

I won’t erupt, I’ll keep

My rage bottled inside

I’ve got you in my sights

Don’t you ever think

I’ve lost this game”

“Yes, I cheated

For that I often feel ashamed

At least I opened up to what I did

But you, you tried to hide

Your deceit is obvious

In keeping promises

You’re hit-and-miss
And your kindness is hidden

In a mire of bitterness

You’ve proven yourself

To be a vile and bitter bitch

A Rottweiler, a snake

You’re sly

You spit and hiss

A cold killer

A manipulative conniver

When you murder

No-one, not even detectives

Could find your fingerprints

You’re living lavish

In your richness, prig

While I pine for pittances

If you accuse me of a recent crime,

Well, where’s your line of witnesses?”

TEXT

“Alright, you finished then?

Can I properly tell

My side now - if I can fit it in?

I don’t need no line of witnesses

I’ve seen your

Hypocritical contrivance,

My eyes didn’t miss a thing

How can you lie and live with it?

No doubt our relationship’s

Been through dark times”

“Yes, in the clouds were shades of grey

That never did quite fade away

But we hoped for a brighter, greater day

My trust I gave away, for a cut price

Which you exchanged for lust

Vice, you craved and craved

On the bus ride, you paid - one way

To go and be by your lover’s side”

“Tightly embraced the snake

She was a viper that you hugged

At her mansion, in the mountains

Tucked high, in the clouds

So far above, it can touch the sky

And aim for space

A lush, nice and spacious place”

“And now you stand here

Not at all crushed

But with much pride

Here to tell me such lies

And save your face

Don’t you know every time

You use deception a dove cries?”

“You greet me casually, like

‘Babe, what’s up? Hi!

I’ve made your favourite lunch…’

Hun, I will.. break the plate

Cause I feel the temperature

Of my blood rise”

“A bull up in a china shop

In your net my mind was caught

I’m trying to keep it cool

But how can I, when over my eyes 

You pulled the wool?”

“How come I never cotton?

Warning signals

Sounded like a foghorn

But every assumption

Or conclusion I got wrong

Mum warned, saying

‘This suave con is using you’ ”

“I was the helpless hen

And you were the fox drawn

To the chicken’s coop, for food

How wicked, cruel of you!

I’m livid!

So I’ve ripped the tickets you bought

For that Caribbean cruise in June”

“At first I found you interesting

But you never called

And was never into texting

Wet met on the internet

That miry, thick,

slimy, stinking bog swamp

Where it’s nigh impossible

To find a prince

Amidst the rising,

slithering frogspawn

And dead wood”

“Wish I never typed and clicked

And logged on

To meetyourmatch.com

Should’ve rung you before the 1st date

To tell you, “Don’t come”

Gotta get my head straight

You’re dead weight, so jog on

The truth’s clear and plain

I doubt that you, dear, will change”

“You and I,

We’re two dots in the universe

And I used to think 

That us two dots go together

Like a colon

But we’re enemies now

The day I’ll fall

In love with you again,

Is the day we’ll have a cold sun

Look at our mature daughter

And our grown son

Forgive my sexual misdemeanours

Nothing, or no-one 

Should’ve ever come between us

But if the truth be told

We don’t belong together

I mean, we did have

Some sort of a marriage,

But it was annulled

Like Schwarzenegger

You can’t blame me for that,

When it was your fault

You ought to have known better

We’ve known each other

Since we were yay high

But lately you haven’t

Been the same wife

Who I used to date, and met

All those years ago

Now it’s just strange vibes felt

We used to talk

Late-night texts

But counting on you

To faithfully reply

I had to save my breath

I’d only open my lips

To give a faint sigh

Got pain - tight chest

You know you’ve got me

Going insane, right?

Teetering

On a straight knife’s edge

You play these games

Why mess, with my mind?

Our relationship

Has long been

Under strain and stress

It took a while

To catch your infidelity

Though it was in plain sight

I’m no longer going

To play your games, child

That’s why I’ve written a note

Which I’ll send in the post

To say… I’ve left”