Yesterday's News

Yesterday's News


by Indelibleink


As I open the morning paper
I look back and bemoan,
The reality that accompanies
One who's left to reading alone

I remember once telling my love we
Had a "love for the ages,"
But in reality 'twas a scandal
More befitting the society pages

Simply played her for a fool
Ignored my cheating and lying,
Reassured myself those were not
Serious tears that she was crying

Misguided by arrogance
Thought her love would forever last,
And that she'd surely take me back
When she always had in the past

And the tortured tears that she cried
Which I'd found so easy to ignore,
Were just like those of mine today:
Droplets of heart upon the floor.

Yet, tonight, again I cry, as she
Falls not into my arms, but his,
Ironic that I find out too late
Just what true love really is

So it comes as no surprise to me
While I pause for final reflection,
That my love has placed us for all to see
In the lonely obituary section.

Now, forever will blame only myself
For ignoring the all the clues,
That's why I've made today's edition
Of my ex-love's "Yesterday's News."

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