Dance with the Devil

Excuses run rampant in my mind,

“You were late, I was lonely,”

I’m so terrified I can hardly breathe,

Bile is a seesaw in my throat,

Up and down, up and down,

The cold knot of fear clenches in my abdomen,

What will I do? Where will I hide?

I have given into temptation,

Just as Eve and the Apple,

The consequences will be just as dire,

Now I face the challenge of Him,

Not God, yet at least,

But the man I had exchanged vows with,

I shift downward in my pickup truck,

It is now I realize my shivers are nearing convulsions,

Tears are leaking out of the corners of my eyes,

I can feel the red A burned into my heart for eternity,

Just as Hester in the Scarlet Letter,

The rain beats down and I can barely see through the windshield,

The wipers are going full force,

Panic creeps through the fog in my mind,

How can I tell Him I slept with his friend?

If God had any mercy He’d strike me dead here and now,

For I have Danced with the Devil.