CHAPTER 8

I've had it. 

I'm done with Her. 

All these years 

But I'm done. 

I've been planning it all day, 

We're planning to dine out. 

I'll tell Her 

One final phrase 

To end it all, 

"I'm done." 

Then I'll be free, 

Liberated, 

Unchained, 

Happy once again! 

I can't wait 

As I put on my best clothes 

And meet Her at the place, 

Tonight's the Night. 

As we talk 

She says She has big news. 

I humour Her 

And let Her speak. 

With a red face 

And such excitement 

She says, 

"My Dear, I'm pregnant!" 

My heart sinks. 

My skin goes pale. 

I'm done. 

Finished. 

I cannot escape 

There's nothing I can do. 

I thought I'd escape from Her constriction, 

But now She has truly bitten down 

And She swallows me whole, 

Into a dark void that I shall never escape. 

I cannot leave Her 

Because She won't let me. 

I hate Her so much 

As I can't love Her anymore. 

Maybe I'll have to fake it, 

A loving relationship. 

Now that I'll be a Father 

And She shall be a Mother. 

My Inescapable, Blood-Bound Sweetheart, 

Rosie.