You knew a man…but not the man I married He shared his every thought with me…on a hillside twenty three…years ago Suddenly, off to another woman he’d go…to utter tales of woe Of bruised egos…and desired glory An anger man with many painful stories
You lay with a man…but not the man I married For he made tender love with only me Cried when told, I longed, to zip myself inside his body Not drinking, smoking and having s*x, after parties Or on a island depressed and broken hearted Participating in mechanical acts…he would selfishly reenact Trying to fill a hole...that never seemed to close
You bore a child for a man…but not the man I married A doting and attentive Father…that made a home for us Whiling playing house across town...getting what he thought he lost But in the end he never really found "Don't pick up my son, what you didn't put down" His West Indian Mother would expound...sound advice
You pray for a man…you really do not know…not the man I married Along time ago…who’s Father didn’t realize he showed His son the crooked road…he followed…then wed a wife who choose to swallow Then proceeded to act out…without a doubt…until the day that he moved out Abandon a love, that was faithful and devout
You think you know that man from many years ago…who’s not the man I married Confessed the errors of his ways…and took full responsible…for those ugly days Is saved, studies and prayers…stuck it out through the hard times When I put him through the grind...prayed to realign The one who never placed blame…on your good name
Your child deserves to know her Father…the man I married And that to will come to pass…for the first will be last…and the last become the first I don’t twist the Word for the sake of verse…I speak the truth Even if it hurts…me or my husband…who has been…patiently…waiting Anticipating...a healing for me
You see...you don’t really know...the man I married For he’s even more today...then he was when, we got engaged And married, him…now mature and free from bondage Like you and I, forgiven for former sin…devoted to his wife and family…to no end Please, don’t claim to know him...tell of my man...then lost in sin That was but a momentary…glimpse…of an unknown man
"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new creation", 2 Cor. 5:17
