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Oh thanks
for the trouncing the bouncing insight
Your word
on “the issue” that we talked through the night
I thought
in our world on you in this crisis I would depend
Never
realized land-mined forces would explode our road to that rubbled end
Oh thanks
for the trouncing, the bouncing “insight”
On a
blossoming seedlet, - termed “cavalierly” our mutual plight
You chose
“weeding” quick and for all “the best thing”
Really? I
foolishly thought love morphed to a wedding - a ring
Oh thanks
for the trouncing in your oh so wise bouncing insight
Shoulders
squared, I, mother-to-be, we walked from you into the night
The night
that transcended into one after another bright shimmering day
Melted to
rippled rich years emptied of you in all but one irrevocable way
Seems sad.
ReplyDeleteMaybe after the birth is when you become a father? (or not)..i find the last line beautiful..
ReplyDeleteA powerful story. I can feel the strength building in the woman, as she walks away with her unborn child.
ReplyDeletethere are indeed times when having the father a part of the life is not the best of options...
ReplyDeleteFor all the sadness in this the mother in fact walks off with the prize; this gift of new life to love and cherish and mold while he is left with emptiness and failure.
ReplyDeleteI feel the strong soul behind the words...Bold confession.
ReplyDeleteI find it sad. The unborn child is left wanting for a real father and no one will ever be able to fill those shoes. I find it happens much too often that fathers are left behind with nothing but an invoice. Mothers are the only winners here and they win only at the expense of their own children. -Not talking about this poem in particular, just about the way this attitude in general seems to have taken over our society. We treat fathers as extra baggage
ReplyDeleteGreat deal of truth in your comment - this poem spoke to the opposite issue - the individual who "opts out" of fatherhood... Illustrated by this line..."You chose “weeding” quick and for all “the best thing”
Deletethanks for stopping by and the heartfelt comment :)
This is wonderful, Dr. P. Woman's bitter humor in the face of struggle, but, she becomes stronger.
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