Counterfeit Love

Time's scars sealed up your lonely heart.
My wandering eyes, tingling ears oft digressed,
but you sadly paroled every truant part

My lusty mind sifted greener pastures from the start,
but your clutching arms still love's shadow possessed,
as time's scars sealed up your lonely heart

My expanded work hours your mind did chart,
Knowing my lips, hands another's skin caressed,
yet you sadly paroled every truant part

On weekend hunting trips, I did depart,
leaving your bereft of love and depressed,
as time's scars sealed up your lonely heart

As middle-age lines, crows feet more stress did impart,
and my fawning eyes, doting fingers recessed,
you sadly paroled every truant part

In time, old age did my romantic trysts thwart,
and the pain of your unrequited love coalesced,
time's scars sealed up your lonely heart,
and you sadly paroled every truant part