Dinner has been ready for an hour

And she waits

Her husband said he would be home on time
        but she knows the drill -

He's gone to a bar again to lose himself,
        to be in the company of others
        in the same crowded noisy place,
        drinking scotch and reciting corporate war stories

Meanwhile she thinks of the days
        when she and her husband had been
        a lighthouse for each other,
        a beacon over turbulent waters

But that was then
        and now - as darkness gathers -
        she waits again
        ...and wonders