We tried to not take it there
take two steps back
inhale the air

Pause.

This is the Epilogue to an Affair.
Not a fairytale story
no happy ending
just the results of lust
and infidelity blending.
There is no rescinding.
Let’s take it back to the beginning…

We tried to not take it there
take two steps back
inhale the air
exhale
but the thoughts impale
my conscience
I tried to hide
but still I find him
across the room
in the back of my mind
on the other end of my phone
finding the time
waiting in line
as if he were mine
never mind that I am titled
“Another’s”
Classified lovers
undiscovered
feeling invisible
within his embrace
feeling invincible
to the disgrace
still I know the case
as we hide in dark spaces
so no one can see our faces
as we chase the adrenaline
of getting caught
caught up in a web of lies
addicted to the high
wanting to feel it
getting careless by the minute
paranoid that he knows we did it
lying to him
saying I’m committed
walking away feeling acquitted
but yeah I did it
over here
and over there
adultery lingering in the air
we smell like sin
bathing in
our own deceit
he loves me
but I’m in too deep
the ice is cracking up under my feet
my lies are swallowing me
wallowing in regret
wishing I hadn’t really done it yet
trying to forget
and act like it hasn’t happened
dismiss the sweet taste of satisfaction
because this is merely a counteraction
to things that happened long ago
a woman forgives
but you never really know
how far she’ll go
just when you think she’s forgotten
and doesn’t care
you end up in the epilogue
to an affair.

Written by Tina Divina

Do two wrongs make a right? Hmm…. Ive heard men say, if you cheat. leave…. because she’s only going to put that in her back pocket and pull that card out later. Women…. do we truly forgive and forget and move on as if it never happened? Holla at me….

This is a part two to a poem I wrote and published and posted earlier called “Prelude To An Affair” if you dont remember it go back and read it again. =}

~TD