Image: – Nicolas Bruno

Keep talking he’d say, I’ll listen eventually

So she tried once again

Getting him not only to hear but also understand.

All the while he was being white-anted

By sleazy Jacko who whispered in her ear

Promises of love and affection, all of which

Were spoken with indecision and fabrication.

To her, they sounded genuine

So she was drawn to him because she was fickle.

Her lover desperate to win her trust

Doubled his efforts, bought her roses,

Wrote long and committed love letters

Sought to change his ways as futile as that was.

In the end with Jacko’s deceitful ways

She severed ties with him, went her own way

Found Jacko a liar and a cheat,

Having won her, he needed her no longer.

He left her distraught by the side of the road

On his way to another conquest

She sat and cried, realising her foolishness.

The boy who couldn’t listen came by and saw her

Stopped and asked if she needed his help.

She nodded humbly, asked his forgiveness

Accepted his help, climbed back into his life

As they drove off into their future,

He promised he’d do better this time.

Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/photo-challenge-213/