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When you’ve lost all respect for the woman you loved.
When the spark that once burned no longer exists.
When you yearn to break loose from witnessing her self-abuse.
To stay one more day there is no excuse.

Retirement draws near, could your future look bright.
Maybe now is our chance to begin a new life.
But despite knowing this, she takes on a job.
I’m back to square one,
It’s so over, it’s done.

To have given so much over so many years,
To now see how little that bought.
To feel no love at all is such a lonely thought.
It may appear so cold to turn my back and walk away,
To leave the situation all behind.
What I’m doing may appear unkind,
But please try to understand,
I’ve had more than enough,
I’ve had much more than I can stand.

I have to leave, I need to go.
My life has worn so thin.
To remain around the woman you once loved,
I feel I’m dying from within!

I must explain for all my harsh and angry words.
I live a life of constant stress.
My wife has become a total mess.
Her daily habits have become her demise;
She is killing herself before her very eyes.
The situation now is so very grave.
Whatever I say has not helped curb her self-destructive ways.
If she could only see all the reasons to live.
She’d realize she has so much more to give.

I have to leave, I need to go.
My life has worn so thin.
To remain around the woman you once loved,
I feel I’m dying from within.
I pray she sees the light,
Before her own light fades for good.