THE DEADLY BITE OF A SHARK

The pain ricochets within my heart 
It has drained my emotions 
Causing my life to fall apart 

I've been doused with gasoline 
Set on fire, and left to burn 
By the one who called me sweetheart 
To whom I am now, her hearts scorn

What did I do
To have this death sentence 
Pronounced upon my life

I had accepted the responsibilities 
Of being a father to her children 
Her first husband, and a friend for life

But hidden from my knowledge 
Was a blaze that had kept its flame
I was introduced to this sidewinder 
I still recall his name 

He hug me like a brother 
And greeted me like a friend 
My love for her he saw like the sunshine 
But His flattery was all pretense 

I walk among wolves 
Whose speech is as a dog's bark
They are crafty and cunning as the serpent 
And their bite is as deadly as a killer shark.

Wilford Barker.