Broken Vows Poem by Harry J. Couchon Jr

I vowed to love her as she vowed to me
10 years we were married but I couldn't see
How she could have just thrown her vows aside
Until I went into a coma and almost died

For three months I wasn't alive but not quite dead
And during that time, she took another man to bed
Then one day, from the coma I awoke
Not knowing, to her our vows were a joke

When I found out, I wish I would have died
I was betrayed the the woman I took as my bride
'Till death do us part' that's what she said
But she found another and I wasn't even dead

For years after that, no woman could I believe
In my mind they were always trying to deceive
They'd say anything to get a wedding ring
But they were always thinking of that next fling

So I resigned myself to being bitter and lonely
That no one would love me, and me only
Then one day love spoke to me
And it was like a new life was given to me

Getting over my distrust wasn't easy to do
But with love's tenderness I finally knew
Not all womwn were like my unfaithful wife
At last I could let love back into my life