There’s been a stranger in her bed
She had no idea
Thought she knew him well
After so many nights
But it all came tumbling down
Like a house of cards
She was shaken beyond words
Living a nightmare
That she couldn’t wake up from
She went over every conversation
Wondering how she missed the signs
Wondering when he crossed the line
How long it had been
Since he began to wear a mask
Hide behind a million excuses
She had no idea when he changed
Tried so hard to backtrack
To see what she might have missed
When did he become a stranger
A monster of a man
She shuddered to think of what must have gone thru his head
All those nights when he wouldn’t touch her
Made her wonder what was wrong
Doubt the way time had changed her
Placed the blame where it didn’t belong
She screamed and she collapsed
In such despair
That she had ever loved a stranger
The way she had
It was more than she ever imagined she could handle
But somehow she found out
That she was a helluva a woman
Stronger than the stranger
She would pack up and take off
Leave the past where it belonged
He was the stranger
She had no way to know
But she wasn’t about to pay the price
Any more
He had left his marks
Scars upon her soul
But that was the last time
The stranger would lay down beside her
Jeanna’ Mead
7 32 a.m. April 28,2020
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