As I sit here writing, trying to cope, with love lost and the pain...
knowing what we had was wrong, I must have been insane!
We both had asked, for certain things, alone in our own lives...
Then by chance we both sat down watching messages scroll by.
Her heart began, fluttering, her eyes wide with surprise...
she finally, had received, a message from that guy!
By circumstance, I had the chance, to send her mail that day...
When she replied, my eyes went wide, but not from shock that way.
I felt a shiver, in my spine, and literally I shook...
my hands got sweaty, throat went dry, my breath, her words, had took!

From that point on, all our time, was spent just learning things...
hopes and dreams, dislikes, pet peeves, for her I even sing.
But we both knew she was married, and couldn't carry on...
So we agreed, that we would be, just friends to cherish long.

But things in life, although well planned, sometimes don't go your way...
friendship changed, now love is there, and both want it to stay.
But she's not mine to have and hold, a wife to someone else...
her love for me, as she decreed, made me want her for myself!

Now herein lies the trouble, we both lead Christian lives...
She took vows, and as I knew, don't covet other's wives.
Our love was deep, our love was true, but wrought with sacrifice...
and for my love, and my part played, I pay a heavy price!
Something so good, so beautiful, is labeled ugly names...
Adulterers, cheaters, liars, are common and remain.

My heart now heals from having, the greatest love I know...
and the void of losing that don't close, it only seems to grow.
Some may sit in judgement, some scoff at feelings bared...
my burdens and my punishment, for being the other man!