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John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2000-07-24 03:16 PM

Sitting here we watch each other,
Wait with baited breath…
Hoping, longing, to discover-
There is something left.

Something we can salvage-
From a marriage, gone all wrong…
That's why we watch each word we say,
And play our favorite song.

I don’t want to hurt your feelings.
You don’t want me mad…
Reminisces are unreeling,
Good times that we had.

Still there runs an undercurrent-
Vows we both have made…
Promises, and confidences,
That we have betrayed.

I see fences rise between us-
That, were almost down…
Gone the gentle introspection,
Now replaced by frowns.

So we rise, and, oh, so formal-
Wish each other health…
Guess that things are back to normal,
Feelings on a shelf.

Married people have their problems,
That there’s no denying…
Touch your gloves, return to corners,
Then you come out fighting.

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Gossamerwings
Member

since 2000-07-18

Posts 207

1 posted 2000-07-24 03:24 PM

Great writing.
You have expressed part
of a bad marriage...no one
should have to tip-toe
around love!
I always look for your poetry!

Gossamerwings ;)

Xeonox

Senior Member

since 2000-04-01

Posts 1764
CA, USA

2 posted 2000-07-24 03:37 PM

Great story but a sad one. Thank your for sharing.

Ronil (What I say I live by and what I live by is what I create).

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

3 posted 2000-07-24 09:13 PM

Hi Gunslinger....I find it so sad that
               married people fall into these
               ruts, when all they have to
               do is talk!!!
                 This expressed the feelings
               involved in that situation
               so well, that it brought back
               a few memories!!!  It's good
               to learn from the past, eh?
                     Great work here!!

Love received is equal to love given!

MMoonchild
Senior Member

since 2000-07-13

Posts 1715
PA

4 posted 2000-07-24 09:21 PM

so very true....it's either fighting words or staying in your corner
~~softly
Maureen

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

5 posted 2000-07-24 11:10 PM

GS boy do I know this one.
When things get stuck on that shelf because they can't be discussed without the boxing gloves on. You've written it well!

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

6 posted 2000-07-27 08:23 PM

It would be a wonderful world if we could just get rid of those fences. You've described it perfectly, John! Great poem, but of course!

Denise

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