You will never … You will never have her back, You killed that loving soul, Too many times and all to often, You stood and took control. You tried and ran a tight ship, Controlled as Captain thereof, Insensitive to all her feelings, And her pleadings as recalled. Many a time she spoke to you, Many more she even wrote to you, Expressing things were changing, Yet her pleas were all ignored. Did she not ask to go for help, To try and salvage what was left, Do you remember your response, You left her feeling so bereft. How often did you compliment her, On anything that she had done, Was it not only upon “request,” You reluctantly said “well done !” Did she not work tirelessly? To keep a happy home, Clean, warm and welcoming, From you, nothing but a groan ! Through your chosen blindness, Too long you let it go, Now when she eventually bolted, You want her back; a puppet show? It’s been so long, she can’t recall, All that love she’d felt within her soul, Years rushed by, you grew apart, The tiny rift then, now beyond control! You can’t have back, what once before, The things you took for granted. She had lacked the confidence then, And never did you encourage her. How often had she told you, She wanted to grow old and be with you In love, caring and holding hands, And close in heart and soul. Was she not always at your side, Your most loyal and ardent supporter, Do you remember when you were ill, Who kept vigil over you? Was your support ever returned, When discovered she was quite ill, Was it in your loving kindness, Just to call her a lazy bitch! Then do you remember the last cut she bore? The dreaded "C" and loss of her "motherhood" In your insensitive and  "voiced" opinion, "Get things done"... you never understood! The final blow to her dented soul, Came in the form of a silent curse, She’d exhausted herself, her body and mind, Now, there’s no recourse. How do you expect to have her respect, When you just don’t show you care! © Elga ~Indigo~ July 2004 - All Rights Reserved