Cheating For Me-Her Story Poem by Lonnie Hicks

He had strong arms
and I felt them
wrapping around my soul;
and his voice
soft
beautiful
penetrating me.

He listened to me
he talked to me
and the sex
was
really my thank you
to him for
caring about my being lonely.

At least this was
the reason for the sex
the first time
But the shock of it
was it felt different
creating
a dilemma.

I was looking for
a cure for lonely
and he
introduced me
me to sexual need.
That was not
supposed to be
in the equation.

Cheating for me
had been propelled
by a lacking
in my current relationship
and stumbling forward
I realized lonely
has more dimensions
than I counted on

To continue
now is to rent my soul
between my needs
and the marrige I've built
and the children
who are my everything.

So my soul
sits the fence
torn between
eternity,
heaven,
love,
marriage,
sex
need
and shattering
consquences.