A Sad Tale of Woe
Long ago and far away a princess fair
With bright blue eyes and golden hair
Lived in a magnificent castle so grand
When a gallant prince asked her hand,
And swore his everlasting adoring love
An oath of fealty he swore with a dove
And placed on her finger a band of gold
‘Twas never a more beautiful story told,
Then one day in a moment of weakness
He plunged headlong in sad obliqueness
Forgetting the solemn vows he’d made
And with another he in pleasure laid.
Never again was his marriage the same
It seemed, at times, like a boring game
The princess knew something was amiss
Something missing from the prince’s kiss,
But she never knew about his shame
Nor could he tell her he was to blame
And so, they lived their lives in disarray
Because of one brief adulterous foray.
The moral is that one failing one time
Can destroy a marriage once so sublime.
Written May 5, 2022
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