Question Mark
A woman lost in questions about her own fate after a breakup :: pbpatch.wixsite.com/pbpatch
Looking at a world full of question marks
Instead of being home, wandering in the dark
Nothing now is pure black or pure white
Used to talk all night, now just continue the fight
Crying in time with the singing larks
Looking at a world full of question marks
We used to watch the sunrise on the beach
Barefoot, sand and surf, hand in each other’s reach
Once I was your universe, your moon and your stars
Now your time is spent in honky tonk bars
A lonesome dog howls a blue despairing bark
Looking at a world full of question marks
How did she become your number one
We used to laugh all day, life smiles and fun
Now I get monosyllables, your soul far away
Her name on your lips, feet itching to stray
Is our marriage irretrievable, shattered on the rocks
Looking at a world full of question marks
Have we drifted so far apart the gulf won’t breach
Shattered bridge abutments scattered at my feet
My tingling fingers remember the touch of your hand
Her hand you hold now, swaying to the band
At three a.m. the bar and my life will go quiet and dark
Lost in a world become a question mark
Neon sign still blazes, your car in the lot
Her lipstick on the seat, melting in the hot
Music blasts from the door as a drunk stumbles out
Do I go inside for a screaming bout
Acid roiling in my gut, tears launching an ark
Lost in a world become a question mark
Through fogged glass I see her dancing in your arms
Held tight and secure safe from all harms
My security blanket is mussed, my home no longer safe
I feel like a widow, an orphan, a forlorn forgotten waif
Not sure where I’ll head, feet wandering to the park
My whole life has become a question mark
Walking whither I really don’t know
Heated chills, icy hot then snow
A new life I’ll just have to find
Someone new my heart to bind
But tonight my life is bleak and stark
Where it’ll be tomorrow is the question mark
About the Creator
Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald is a 911 dispatcher of 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Keys-Andrew-C-McDonald-ebook/dp/B07VM843XL?ref_=ast_author_dp
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I could see the woman outside the bar watching as her ex danced with another woman. I felt her pain and confusion. Very well written and extremely relatable. Keep it up.