Coming Home to Secrets

14/09/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



I was suspicious for a long time.

Weeks, maybe even months.

I didn’t want to ask you.

I didn’t want to know the truth.



You’d been hanging up the phone

When I walked into the room,

Chatting at odd hours

With I don’t even know who.



Life carried on as normal.

I got up and went to work.

I couldn’t put my finger on it.

It was just something off.



You’d have to stay back at work

More often that was usual,

But you were always home with me

Before I went to bed.



I wondered what you were doing.

The thought that crossed my mind!

I didn’t dare confront you.

The not knowing sent me mad.



You’d go out with your mates

But not tell me where you were

And when I asked their partners

I’d get answers that were evasive.



I steeled myself for the inevitable.

I opened the door to darkness.

I guessed you weren’t home again.

The eerie silence surrounded me.



You’d not told me you weren’t coming home

And I never imagined you’d be so cruel

As to simply forget what the date was

So this stung a little more.



I threw my bag on the sideboard.

I wondered if you’d be home for dinner.

Stepping into the lounge room,

I flicked the light on and gasped.



“Surprise!” said the gathered crowd

And tears started to fall.

How could I have ever doubted you?

You’re my treasure ever more.