My Deepest Thanks

It has been almost 2 years now
And how much peace have I found
Since you’ve abandoned our daughter and I
For your married boyfriend

As I look back at the months of pain
Of your cold-hearted treatment
When everyone knew but me
And how you leveled the news

Your confusion in who you wanted
Caused me more heartache than anything
How you told me to get a hold of myself
As I cried over the divorce

How I gave you my heart, my time, and my love
Not knowing of your affair, your betrayal
You took something sacred
And gave it to him in our bed

You loved your shopping
And material trinkets
More than my wedding ring
My rock was too small

Bringing food I cooked to your office
For your friends to enjoy
Only to find out that every second I was there
They all knew

But now the jokes on you
And how hard everyone laughs
At the lengths you go to please him
Only to have him cheat on you

I was still there for you
When you broke up with him
Only to have you go back to the bum
I was so tired

To prove your love to him
You tattoo his name
A nice permanent mark
To always remind you

To this day he’s still in contact
With the women you suspect
But I will no longer help you
For my speeches fall on deaf ears

So don’t bring me grief
When he finds out how you truly are
And how I loved you enough
To look over those offenses

So how does it feel
When you realize what you have done
How no one approves your behavior
And the loneliness that I felt is now yours

Today, my tears are replaced with laughter
At how ridiculous your relationship is
And the rumors I hear about you
Shows you were a stranger

I have found that there are women
Who would adore what I gave you
And they would gladly be more loving
Than you ever were to me

I can say with conviction
That I would choose to be alone
Than to ever be with you again
So keep walking that way

Today I want to give you
My deepest thanks
For if you would have been faithful & true
I would never have felt this free