Keeping the Facade; A Story of Betrayal

For the first time in all my decades of life
Being with only one person forever was exciting
A poly-minded, ENM, lover of all
Looking at a divine container as insatiably inviting

Focusing all energy into a unit
Two fully merging as one
The depth of experience possible
Profoundly life-affirming and fun!

I have new satin sheets you’ll never feel
What a shame
I was offering a world of sensations
Newfound scarcity… you’re to blame

Never realized just how much
You were living a past life
Until I saw the videos of the streets you roamed
How Jordan Peterson and transphobia were bonds with the ex wife

Even the same songs you’d listen to
Told me one was for Rainy
Yet ex wifey knew it was for y’all
Betrayal with lies around musical miscellany

One thing I can’t relate to
Is the lack of integrity
Making love and promises to me
Writing and receiving poetry

All while you knew
There were secrets you’ve been hiding
I can’t relate to that lack of integrity
In every moment you up-kept the facade, deciding