Think Before You Close The Door Poem by Marva Seaton

She watched him walk through the door,
Without a backward glance,
Her heart was breaking but her pride,
Would not allow her to beg him not to go.
The resounding slam of the door,
Was like a knife being thrust,
Deep into her heart,
Salty tears stung her eyes,
But she refused to cry.
He walked away and she was suddenly engulfed,
In a pool of emptiness,
The silence was deafening,
She could hear myself thinking,
Asking questions that might,
Forever remain unanswered.

Why did he leave her for another?
She gave him all her youth,
He basked in her beauty and warmth,
Told her love stories of how,
They would never be apart,
She was the love of his life he said,
No other could compare,
He said they would grow old together,
So why was she now the only one here?

He met her three months ago,
A sweet pretty girl, just twenty years old,
The same age as their daughter,
He could be her father!
Was it a case of midlife crisis,
Or just plain selfishness?
Twenty-five years devoted to this man,
And he threw it down the drain.

The months have passed by slowly,
Her heart is healing,
It doesn't hurt so much anymore.
He called her yesterday,
She left him, not at all surprised,
You know what he asked her?
If he could come back home!
What home she wondered?
She can still hear the resounding,
Slamming of the door,
It still echoed in her ears,
Reminding her that he had closed,
The chapter in the life they once shared.

She didn't have to think about it,
Much as she love him,
Her answer was no.
She said it loud,
She screamed it in his ears,
So there was no mistake about it,
He could clearly understand,
That was the last word,
He would hear from her,
It was the final goodbye.
Life goes on!