THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE DISASTER Relationship Issues

She lived in one country,

I in another, hanging on each word of love she'd utter.

Words wrapped in a money request

to be sent

at her dire behest!

I gave and gave

till I felt like a slave

yet kept on going

a blind man

ignorant in his towing.

Days turned into years

and years into more years

but I stood hopeful

they were merely stairs

leading to our betrothal.

Oh, how her photos teased and pleased!

I was captured by a future bride's ecstatic smile.

While all along

she was marching down 

a different aisle!

Now I'm left with just

a sackful of letters and photos,

her whereabouts unknown

and another bittersweet memory

for me to own!