The exchange

You abandoned me

For the greener patch

That lay yonder

Forgetting

You will yearn for me again

From that barren bank

 

You kicked me aside

And went in search

Of a fine pearl

And now are among cheap beads

Unable to find the treasure

 

You spurned me

Your own flesh and blood

And sought shelter

With a stranger

Exchanging home for an inn

Blood for water

 

Go on then

In your pointless folly

It’s yours

The price

Yours

The pain