By Galadrial
Date: 2002 Feb 02
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[[2002.02.02.00.27.643]]

from the mistress to the missus

I know you are seething,
dipped twice pain and betrayal
and I know you think I am
some evil man stealing bitch
who poached your private preserve.
I know you are hating him.
and hating me,
and don't want to hear a damned word,
but
it wasn't like that lady.
I was never number one,
and he told me that
from the first.
And it was not so much
that I wanted what you have,
or that he was just dying
to stroll down cheat street
and there was not a moment
when he touched me,
that he would not have rathered
it had been you.
So I hope you can find it in your heart,
to get past the anger,
push away your rage---
and let him close again.
If it helps you to know,
I will say it.
He never loved me
as much
as he loves and needs you.
All I was is a mistake
he will regret.
But you are still
his reason,
his love,
his life.
That part he never betrayed---
and it meant something
more than any broken vow,
or any touch
born of two lonely hearts
that needed a moment
to feel needed.