3 Word Wednesday

Todays 3 words for
3 word wednesday,
are- Empty, ignored, highway

Women have traveled this lonely highway
for sometimes twenty years or more
wishing for the bond and contentment
their marriage gave them years before

Outwardly Wrapped up in caring for their families
while inside feeling wistfully empty and ignored
Wishing to see themselves in their husbands eyes
feeling once again wanted, special, happy, adored

They hide this private pain on a screened, secret shelf
fearing yet craving admission, who can they safely tell?
How they have given up on happiness and on worth of self
On their lonely highway of loveless, spiritless, trapped hell

I find it bittersweet that I'm the one with whom
many women choose to express and deeply share
All the pain and heartaches of their secluded soul
and their desperate feelings of helpless despair

My heart breaks as I attempt to console, advise & listen
To confessions unloading years of misery, confusion, pent up tears
I'm crushed on How many women are stoically hiding their sadness
as their highway of life grows shorter through too many wasted years