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This poem was inspired by and written for a very dear friend of mine, Andrea Michelle Perry,who has overcome obstacles in her life which many people never even know are the reality faced everyday, often by incredible heroes. She is the main protagonist of this poem, the speaker, who not only grows gradually aware that the true nature of her mate is not a very pleasant one, but who also suffers when realizing the truth of him. This woman stands tall against the awkward shame of it, and overcomes the selfish and brazen actions of her husband by partaking in a similar supposition to his: true love has not found her . . . yet. The woman described in this poem
is a survivor on many levels, as is the gentle heart and disposition of the real woman depicted here, my dearest friend and sister, Andrea Michelle Perry.

Idiom, Axiom, and Adage

Arrogance and selfishness produce no remorse
And is the reason that I first believed his lie;
Else, how could a man justify himself with others,
But beseech a strong continuance with his wife?
Alexander Pope believed “to err is only human,”
But I believe the idiom is due for refine:
See, the “err” is now fancied by many once dear husbands,
Who once believed only their wives divine.

Covering and through the ambit of unholy Dissolute,
Through ambit of “You are at fault, not I,”
A once glorious face becomes only surface features
As I now have lain with that which lies behind.
Another thinker once believed that time will heal all wounds,
But I believe with time comes only time.
A moment can reveal how thoughtless a man truly is;
How his wife’s no longer the woman on his mind.

Waiting, slowly turning, slowly making my descent
Into the peril I have allowed to be my life,
And finally what I didn’t know I wanted all along
Becomes the focal point of my heart’s eye.
Probably a philandering husband relayed the true notion
That there are plenty of other fish in the sea,
And the woman who stood behind him as his faithful wife
Quietly grasped the possibilities, just like me.