IIt was just the other day
I received wedding gifts some of pots of clay
For love my work I did stop
Supporting your dream to reach the top
At home happily I did stay
Taking care of our nest without say
Breakfast on the table I would place
Your soup always with a hint of mace
After a hot dinner a cigar you lit
Comfy was our home for a king it did fit
Your feet in the evening I’d rub down
Always with a smile and never a frown

It was just the other day
I was your nurse, when sick you lay
I stood by you ever so lovingly
I looked after you so tenderly
Your love you withheld from me
My aging to pay for was a big fee
Empty and cold a felt our house and bed
The pain you caused me my heart bled
On the face you slapped me with shame
A blind eye you turned on me with blame
On the cold dark night I did weep
As the humiliation and hurt was so deep

It was just the next day
‘You’re old’ mockingly you did bray
I was no more fun and hot you claimed
As you left and my heart you maimed
For your young secretary you ran
With breast implants and a Brazilian tan
We had sworn through good and bad time
But going separate ways was your prime
Gone is my wonderful dream
Now a lurid dreadful scream
Without a glance back you left me
Without a penny you left me to be

It was just the next day
You left me and walked away
On our anniversary of all the days
My days became gray with no sunrays
Without you I thought I wouldn’t live
Breath without you I couldn’t so I did believe
Insane, frustrated and lost I became
The bottle I turned to with self-hatred flame
Blaming myself I constantly did
That terrible empty feeling I couldn’t rid
The person in the mirror I didn’t know
Always down and feeling so low

It was just the following day
To the Almighty I prayed everyday
In the divine solace and peace I finally found
Sunshine shone again in abound
Not half empty but half full was my cup
My strewn patches I picked up
A beautiful quilt with them I made
In every rainbow hue and shade
Bright light I saw once again
A person I was with no more pain
A beautiful woman who deserved all
Nourished, happy and free and not gall

It was just the following day
Peace with myself I made, no more gray
Happy I am as I refused to become you
With truth I’ve honoured myself, no more blue
Beaming and complete I now have been
A sun kissed, bee-stung flower, no more green
A person proud and tall I finally stand
Confidence and strong, no more bland
Blossomed in beauty and inner peace
A voice of reason I have become full of bliss
A river of love within me I found
A mountain of patience I am in a mound

It was just today
Celebrated a year of keeping you at bay
Love, delight and truth in my eyes
A presence you never recognized
To my happy reflection I blow a kiss
Oh, the divine has brought me such bliss
Now you call apologizing for being so mean
You remember me after she has wiped you clean?
Now you hound me apologizing for being so bold
You remember me now that you are alone and cold
I don’t hate you as I forgave you way back
But I could never have you aback