Someone that we know

a woman may swear
on a name that’s revered
cry a rain that pours
emotionally narrate
a false tale to assure
a lover of her fidelity
and at the count of three
she becomes a tree
allowing others to pluck
there’s no meter to count
until the man finds out
the man, a serial cheat
and an apology is vague
the woman that forgave
is said to be unworthy
of being forgiven too.

Tomide Abdul