
(This poem explores the male point of view)
The autumn flowers were easing away
as were his desires
He sat by the lake
when she came
late by two hours
She started the quarrel, as always,
before he could utter a word
for she had already planned it
She now had her sight on
another man with an overtly big purse
and better prospects
He knew her thoughts
from her eyes
and looked on scornfully
as she uttered the last words
and walked away
She had won
and he had lost,
but so had that concept called love
