Poem - 28 April 2020, 15:42

Her Sacrifice.

She eats from plastic plates, giving me the fine China

She waits for my kiss, because even after fifteen years, I still give her butterflies

She looks at me like

Like I'm the only one on earth that can carry her heavy heart

So I weep, and holding paper cups to my eyes, she drinks away my bitter tears, because she cannot bear to witness my sadness

I am her man, fragile, like steel awaiting her molten soul

She continues to walk upon the thorny branches of this relationship, while I seek shelter beneath the willow she planted

I cannot comprehend the rock beneath my feet, but it's up to me to cement the cracks when they appear.

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ℙ𝕆𝔼𝕋𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔻𝔸ℝ𝕂𝕃𝕐28 April 2020, 15:48

OMG! Gerard this is superb!

Nine Eleven02 May 2020, 07:00

Thank you Lisa x

Tony Taylor28 April 2020, 17:14

OMG is RIGHT!!….this is absolutely STELLAR poetry......and mind blowing honesty that tears at the heartstrings most profoundly!!!...….and whether it is a fiction or not is irrelevant......the poetry is SUPERB!!…….PINNED!!…...LOVE & ROCKETS!!…….T xo : )

Nine Eleven02 May 2020, 07:03

Thank you Tony, these words are very real, emotions that have been with me for quiet some time now, my wife puts me in a pedestal and carrys it upon her shoulders. She is strong, stronger than I could ever be, she needs to know this.

Thanks for your kind words, x

Being Me29 April 2020, 04:17

This is brilliant, Gerard! I love this. It is pinned so I can read again and again. True love is never a smooth path but it is the best path and a journey that is sooo worth it x

Nine Eleven02 May 2020, 07:05

Definitely CJ, it is the best thing we humans have, a true gift worth every drop of blood.

Thanks for your kind comment x

Alice McGowan29 April 2020, 05:25

I love this, and you ?

Nine Eleven02 May 2020, 07:07

Thank you hunny, I'm glad you liked it.

Xxxxx

Syd30 April 2020, 14:35

You're an awesome poet Gerard. Continually improving whereas sometimes I go backwards.

- Syd

Nine Eleven02 May 2020, 07:11

Thanks Syd, we all go backwards sometimes, I wrote a poem recently, it was about trump and his cult followers, I deleted it because I felt it was shrouding my true love for poetry, mixing politics with poetry is something I shouldn't do, maybe you just need to get rid of some weeds.

I think your poetry is brilliant.

Take it easy.