Fifteen Years Poem by Murphy Payne

Fifteen years with the woman I love
And the babies we had together
Waking up every morning with her by my side
And loving her forever

Until that Friday afternoon
When she called me at work
Said I’m picking up the girls
Don’t you worry too much

That’s when my life started ending
That’s when my world started bending
Around me

Well they never came home
But I met her in court
She explained to the judge
Things I did wrong

In fifteen years
Not a single thing right
One can only wonder
Why she stayed so long

Fifteen years with the woman I love
Fifteen years and one big lie
Fifteen years and I never did see
For fifteen years, she was using me

The judge looked at me
And just shook her head
Said vacant your home
And I wish you were dead

Its men like you
Who make it hard for us
You have a good woman
Then you lose her trust

Somehow I knew I could not win this day
I was found guilty before my say
So I walked out the way I walked in
With my head held high, and wondering
Why fifteen years had been a big lie