Is this why people cheat?

 An intriguing question arose in-between emailing beat makers and singers, as I caught snippets of television.

Can two cheaters ever be truly happy?

Can you ever trust a cheater?

Do two people, who meet, probably at work, (statistically) and have an affair.

Have a lasting trusting relationship?

Or is the fling just a brief dopamine hit to fill a void?

Why don't people just be open and part ways, gracefully?

But oh, the human condition.

The Devils in the details.

If you've ever been cheated on, apologies for the piece. 

It's not intended to trigger old emotions. It's just a reflection of some aspects of humanity.

And on the other hand, does it relate to those tempted by the reverse of loyalty?

Salute.

A theme portrayed endlessly in soaps, drama's, film but more realistically, life. 

Title:

The Affair

(A lone voice reflects in introspection)

We always meet 

Like later tonight

Under the moonlights 

Priceless

Silvery rays

I know we'll slow dance

To Al Green

Like entwined 

Consummated eternal lovers

Forever engaged 

And married insidiously 

By Father Darkness

Through our wicked 

Salacious old ways 

The thoughts of the world 

And all outward consequences

Guilt

Fear

And causing hurt

Simply burn on our 

Old relationships 

Funeral pyres

And just float away 

Like wind blown dirt

Carried aloft by the 

Cold now dystopian 

Midnight air

This crazy relationship 

Which we started as a 

Facebook and Twitter

Conversation 

Is now such a thrilling 

Exhilarating irreducible dare

And is now my every 

Breathing prayer

I know this may last or may break

And it may end in a heartbeat 

As we share a slice 

of the Devil's

Delicious seductive cake

But deep down I know you were always 

Worth the risks

The lies and long waits

For your three whispered words now just bind 

And sing for me 

Whenever my blue eyes close

Three words within eight letters

I just love to hear

I love you

It just keeps me starstruck 

Like a Hollywood big actor 

Lost on your big screen 

Projector

So regardless of our sin and our unspoken marriage 

As we ceremoniously

Slide through dark shadows 

Like unseen lepers 

I pray we win

And buy that dream

Together

For I know 

We're just two

Of the world's many

Unknown sinners

Swimming valiantly 

In one of life's

Many deep rivers

Trying to hold tightly 

To each other 

As we 

Sometimes struggle 

To breathe

Trying to be

Together forever 

Whatever this judgmental

World 

Believes or conceives

Married together

Insidiously 

Through our wicked ways 

As we weave gaslighting

Machiavellian plans 

To always deceive 

But a silent unspoken question 

Always remains

In the dark recesses of my mind 

Like today

Before I meet you

And tell the wife

I'm working late

On a new project 

Helping Sebastien

With a straight face 

For as soon my pupils

Dilate 

I always wonder

Will one of us 

Get bored

And cheat 

Again

Copyright John Duffy