The End of the Affair

He caught my eye as he stared to sea,

I noticed his shoulders heave,

And tears were flowing so fast and free

More than you would believe,

He wasn’t young, but was not too old

To be caught in the pangs of love,

I thought I’d see what his fortune told

So I called to him from above.

I leant right over the balcony

Looked down at the old sea wall,

And called out ‘Friend, would your heartache mend,

Is there much I can do at all?’

He turned and twisted his face to me

And I saw the pain in his eyes,

And round his mouth was the misery

He’d caught from all of her lies.

‘I wish I’d never believed her spin,

She swore that she loved me true,

She opened her heart and she asked me in,

What was a man to do?

She taught me things that I didn’t know

She let me into her world,

A world of stockings and petticoats

And the sweet perfume of a girl.’

I thought that I was a lucky man

To have a wife such as mine,

Who’d wait at home and would hold my hand

And smile with a look divine.

We’d sworn our vows in the little church

That sat way back on the hill,

‘Do you take Annie-gelina now?’

She said that she would take Will.

‘So what is it turned your world about,’

I asked the man down below,

I thought to get all the story straight

As he was turning to go.

‘She said she was married, I’d have to go

Though she’d never said it before,

I couldn’t believe that my Annie-gelina

Was simply a painted w***e.’

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[TPK Stories]

A very surprising ending to an amazing story.

[DeerInHeadlights]

clever... :) that one surprised me... good wording.. great flow.

[Valentine]

That was not very BIG-of -her. Bigamy, 2 mates, if she had kept it secret she would of had 2 paychecks to blow. I really like the wording in this one. Valentine

[Lena M. P.]

Wow, a powerful lot of bitterness for his lady friend. Well spun tale. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of this mans broken heart. He might just drown her in the sea!

[Coyote Poetry]

I enjoyed the tale told. I liked the conversation leading to honest ending.
"‘I wish I’d never believed her spin,
She swore that she loved me true,
She opened her heart and she asked me in,
What was a man to do?"
Tempting woman can be dangerous. Thank you David for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote