He causes her
a whole world
of hurt,
what an
abusive ****.

While he is
on the road
at work
she says
she loves me,
and asks me to
wait patiently.

Next week,
he comes back
and I am
on the outs again.

Don’t want to play
that game no more.
Don’t want to wait
for a love that might be,
indulging my dream lover’s
uncertainty.

One week
before she leaves
to join the navy,
she breaks up with
her current boyfriend.

At a party I throw for her
she tells me tomorrow
she has something she
needs to tell me.
I ask her to tell me now
but she doesn’t.
She’s sober the next day
and won’t say
what she planned to say.

A couple of years,
right before her
wedding day,
She calls me up
reminds me of
a promise we made
that we’d get married
if we were single
at a certain age.

Don’t want to play
that game no more.
Don’t want to wait
for a love that might be,
indulging my dream lover’s
uncertainty.

Two or three internet flames,
proclaim their affections for me
then cut me out completely.
Another heartbreaker,
another game player,
and now I decide
I don’t want any
of those women
in my life