Desire
I didn't ask to fall in love again.
It just happened.
And once it happened, there was no going back.
He was so charming.
So courteous.
So sympathetic.
I told him everything.
From the constant worry of a wife with a husband off to war,
To the joys and sorrows of parenting.
Before I knew it,
He was all I thought about.
My husband?
Out of sight, out of mind.
I was head over heels.
In over my head.
Before I realized the consequences.
I knew it couldn't last…
…But I didn't think about it.
Until the war was over.
And my husband came marching back to me.
"We won, hurrah!"
…Oh crap.
I hadn't planned for this.
But my lover had.
Imagine the shock of going out for a stroll in the garden.
And finding your husband.
Face down.
Dead.