Summary: \u00a0 A poem about what can happen when a man’s pride gets in the way of love. \u00a0If the subject\u00a0is a Cartwright, it’s bound to be Adam.<\/p>\n
Rating: \u00a0T \u00a0(400 words)<\/p>\n
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PRIDE BEFORE A FALL<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The music played a song he’d heard so many times before;<\/p>\n He watched her dance and longed to be that man out on the floor.<\/p>\n No one guessed as she floated in the arms of someone else;<\/p>\n They’d never know — he could keep a secret even from himself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The pretty redhead by his side hung on his every word,<\/p>\n But all that he could give her wasn’t half what she deserved.<\/p>\n It wasn’t fair…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Across the room she watched him kiss her cheek and say goodnight;<\/p>\n She saw the disappointment in the other woman\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n He left alone with a single glass and a bottle in his hand.<\/p>\n She wondered why; there were some things she just didn’t understand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She offered an apology to her partner at the dance.<\/p>\n There was someone else she had to see — it might be her last chance.<\/p>\n She had to know…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He locked the door and poured a drink to drown her memory,<\/p>\n At least tonight; He closed his eyes and tried hard not to see.<\/p>\n For so long he’d been careful not to let his feelings show;<\/p>\n He raised his glass and cursed the love that would not let him go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To be the man he had to be each day he walked through fire,<\/p>\n And every night he lost that fight to whiskey and desire<\/p>\n And came undone…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tonight in dreams he’d be her only lover;<\/p>\n Tomorrow she’d be someone else’s wife.<\/p>\n And even if someday he held another,<\/p>\n His heart belonged to her for all his life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He heard his name, stumbled to the door and turned the key,<\/p>\n His breath stopped by the vision that just walked out of his dream.<\/p>\n Somehow she knew, what all these years he\u2019d tried so hard to hide.<\/p>\n Now face to face his love for her was stronger than his pride<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hearts unguarded, they both stared, each measuring the cost.<\/p>\n He watched her eyes fill up with tears and knew that he was lost,<\/p>\n Lost in her…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Though she had been promised to another,<\/p>\n If it was right or wrong he couldn’t tell.<\/p>\n But tonight he’d be her only lover \u2013<\/p>\n Her name was on his lips as they both fell.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n