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William J Donovan
Poems
Apr 2023
Love's Shadow
Kick the cat and beat the dog.
Burn the children's presents.
Leave them alone in the fog.
Desert them with resentments
chasing lust's false promises
thinking love finds us again.
Only more willing mistresses
never love, just lusts' pain.
Written by
William J Donovan
75/M/Charlotte, NC
(75/M/Charlotte, NC)
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