Neglected Heart
(Martin Buchanan)
Came home just like always
Not too much before midnight
Back door standing open
Something wasn’t right
Her cell phone on the counter
Wedding picture torn apart
We’ve been disconnected
By her NEGLECTED HEART
Refrigerator magnet
Paper fragment hanging there
Words in her handwriting
“You just didn’t care.”
Probably should have guessed it
Still it caught me off my guard
Don’t know what I expected
From her NEGLECTED HEART
I always thought she would be ... my wife completely
I always thought she would be ... endlessly there for me
Earrings on the dresser
Sure would be a welcome sight
Who knew an empty sock drawer
Could ever make me cry?
Old vacation photos
Scattered like a deck of cards
No sympathy detected
From her neglected heart
I’m slowly starting to know the feeling of lonely
I’m slowly starting to know the meaning of only me
To wake up facing no one
Always catches me off guard
But what can I expect from
My NEGLECTED HEART
