The Punishment

Unfaithful to him,

He had to punish her,

He would love her no more,

The punishment meant hardly anything to her,

In fact a relief, to detach herself from him.

Receptive to the handsome and the young,

Love was postponed to another day,

Handsome men replacing good looking ones,

Dates, drinks, parties and lust,

The day would go on forever,

And the night would never end

When the first hair whitened,

And the first wrinkle appeared,

The first man left.

As time took toll on her youth and beauty,

The way she left them,

Men left her for a better one.

Alive but lifeless,

Surrounded by so many, but still so lonely,

Lustful life but a loveless one.

In darkness and in solitude,

She realized how grave The Punishment was.